Form Portfolios Brings a Landmark Kim Naver Retrospective to 3daysofdesign

At 3daysofdesign 2026, Form Portfolios turns the spotlight on Kim Naver. One of the most quietly influential figures in Scandinavian design, Naver has spent six decades shaping the language of Danish textiles from her Copenhagen studio, her work hanging on some of the country’s most significant buildings while her name remained, to most, a well-kept secret.

Raised in a household where art books and museum visits came before everything else, Naver absorbed color, texture, and material from an early age. “My family exposed me to a way of living that centered around art,” she says, and the work has never strayed far from that.

Her textiles are defined by a distinctive sensibility: structured compositions built through rhythm and repetition, fibers like wool and linen that celebrate texture and tactility, and tonal palettes that bring depth and calm to interiors. The result is work that balances precision with warmth, restraint with richness, and function with artistry. “There is nothing excessive, yet every detail matters,” says Form Portfolios creative director Peter Christensen. “Her textiles have a calm authority that feels as relevant today as ever.” The retrospective places Naver’s work in a conversation with selected objects of Danish modernism, tracing a design philosophy rooted in the belief that beauty emerges through balance.

The exhibition also marks something new: a first glimpse of an upcoming tabletop textile collaboration with Dansk, committed to the best of Scandinavian craft. A natural next chapter, as Form Portfolios founder Mark Masiello puts it, for a designer who has always been ahead of her time.