MOMENTS FOR DESIGN
There is hardly a place where the eye has to search long for beauty quite like Copenhagen. Bold architectural projects stand alongside historic facades, while stylish and effortlessly good-natured people cycle or row almost silently through the city’s many waterways. “Kardemommesnurrer” not only sound cheerful, they taste like dopamine turned into pastry. During 3 Days of Design, the Danish capital becomes even more of a feast for the eyes. Under the motto “Make this moment matter”, more than 460 designers and brands present their highlights. Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg will also be there with paper-delicate new additions to the Lightscape series, lifelike animal figures and a few surprises. If you feel drawn northwards towards design, we would be delighted to welcome you at the equally breathtaking Harsdorffs Hus, Kongens Nytorv 3–5 in Copenhagen, from June 10 to 12.

MY FAVOURITE PIECE: A COCKATOO WITH CHARACTER
Sometimes beauty can be found right on your doorstep. Kerstin Sporrer fell in love with the Cockatoo with Flower Basket in Munich’s Botanical Garden as a child. To this day, the exotic bird, designed by Josef Wackerle in 1910 for the World Expo in Brussels, remains the favourite piece of the 38-year-old ceramicist. In the workshop, she gives shape to its body, feathers and ornamental details. “It is a beauty with character that brings colour to every garden,” she says. Creating the figure requires 13 moulds plus wedge moulds. It is first cast in red clay, then coated with a special white tin glaze and finally painted by hand in vivid colours. The effort is worthwhile, as the result is an object that appeals to all the senses. “You want to stroke the cockatoo’s little head, run your hand over its feathers and keep looking at it again and again,” says Kerstin Sporrer. In this affectionate nature, the Majolica bird is no different from its living counterparts. Sporrer discovered this herself while living in Australia and New Zealand for three years.