Zalando Visionary Award 2026
Role
General Contracting/Design Development/Custom Fabrication/Carpentry/Install
Collaborators
Sub Rosa Agency / Zalando / Pearl St. / Polsteriet CPH
Year
2026
Photos
Niklas Nyman
For the 2026 Zalando Visionary Award during Copenhagen Fashion Week, Copenhagen Contemporary’s Hall 3 was transformed into a public space for exhibitions, workshops, talks and live events. Sub Rosa Agency designed a vibrant, otherworldly space which included a 7x7m conversation pit with suspended LED screen, a colossal 6x10m backlit library, and an equally surreal and serene indoor field of grass. Barlby Carlsson brought it all into being.
The event itself, also produced by Sub Rosa, was open to the public for two days, providing a setting for the 2026 award programme and a range of talks, workshops and presentations.
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