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[working title] is less an exhibition in the traditional sense and more a moment of alignment. Conceived and realised in just two weeks, it brings together a group of emerging designers to create visibility through shared effort rather than institutional support. Staged in March 2026, the project asks a simple but urgent question: what can a collective produce when time, resources, and structure are limited? The answer unfolds as an open, provisional environment, one that prioritises presence and participation over polish.

The installation occupied a temporarily unused site at BLOX Eats in Copenhagen, transforming it through direct, hands-on intervention. Materials were sourced, transported, and assembled by the participants themselves, often reused and reconfigured on-site. This process is not concealed but embedded into the exhibition’s spatial language. Surfaces, joints, and structures remain visible, allowing the space to communicate how it came into being. The result is an environment that feels active and unfinished, closer to a workshop than a gallery.

Across furniture, lighting, and architectural proposals, the works are presented as self-built prototypes. Nothing here claims to be final. Instead, each piece exists in a state of becoming, where ideas are tested through material and construction rather than resolved beforehand. The exhibition resists the idea of completion, offering visitors insight into how projects evolve. It is a setting where experimentation, adjustment, and imperfection are not only accepted but essential to the work itself.

The project is organised by Myint San Aung, Aya Terashima, and Lara Joy Schilhansl, and brings together designers from six countries who are currently living, studying, and working in Denmark. Participants include Amanda Gleerup, Chiara Verde, Chien Keng Kao, Hsuan Chu, Lara Joy Schilhansl, Myint San Aung, Oliver Nien, Siu Yeung Tang, and Tobias Richardt. What connects them is not a unified aesthetic, but a shared situation, working at an early stage of practice and choosing to create a platform together rather than wait for one to be offered.

Among the initiators, Lara Joy Schilhansl represents a generation of designers moving fluidly between architecture and object-making. Based in Copenhagen and originally from Germany, her work is shaped by a hands-on, intuitive process where material, structure, and use are developed simultaneously. Currently completing her Master’s in Furniture Design at the Royal Danish Academy, she approaches design with a focus on clarity -allowing objects to resolve through their construction while leaving room for subtle play. Within [working title], this mindset extends beyond individual work, informing the exhibition itself as a framework for exchange, experimentation, and future development.