Galerie Magazine

9 Collectible Design Shows to See in June - “You Can’t See It From There” and “Vanitas in Use I” at Innenkreis | Copenhagen
Ryan Waddoups, Galerie Magazine, June 4, 2026

Timed to coincide with Copenhagen Design Week, the upstart gallery is presenting two complementary shows that explore how objects accrue meaning through use over time. One brings together six contemporary makers alongside historical furniture and decorative arts, expanding the art-historical concept of vanitas beyond symbolic imagery and into the realm of lived experience. Glass, ceramic, metal, and wood works share the gallery with historical pieces, including a 1843 wardrobe from Bavaria. The second show turns its attention to the spatial potential of textiles through new work by Trine Tronhjem and Liv Marie Rømer. A hand-printed room divider hangs at the center of the gallery; elsewhere, a digitally printed silk bed crown traces the outline of an absent bed, while three hanging lamps developed with Anna Søgaard suspend layered textiles through a weight-based system that allows light to filter through overlapping surfaces, generating nuanced chromatic effects.