Every year, different lighting trends define the industry’s trajectory at design festivals, and the 2026 3daysofdesign festival is no exception. Along with sculptural and mouth-blown luminaires, one of the standout lighting trends at Copenhagen’s festival was tactile portability. As the festival shifted heavily toward creating warmer, sensory, and experience-driven living spaces, lighting followed suit by breaking free from static wall plugs.
Designers focused on portability, multi-purpose structures, and rich, grounding colorways that allow people to move light dynamically throughout the room to alter its mood. Here are five prime examples of lamps and lights that defined this trend aptly at the 2026 festival.
Jack Portable Lamp by Tom Dixon
While the original sculptural Jack Light was a giant multifunctional plastic landmark born in 1996, Tom Dixon officially introduced its reimagined Jack Portable Lamp at this year’s 3daysofdesign. The lamp features a miniature, highly lightweight aesthetic, lending it an intensely structural form. True to its geometric DNA, the compact Jack Portable can be stacked together, easily tossed between indoor and outdoor setups, and it maintains its ruggedness; you can even sit on it.
O Series by A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE x Ambientec
While a prototype was teased earlier in Milan, Issey Miyake’s design team officially brought the O Series cordless lamps to Copenhagen for its very first festival exhibition. Co-developed with Japanese portable experts Ambientec and Swiss studio atelier oï, this debut featured new shades that use heat-shrinking “Steam Stretch” fabric to mimic the textures of stone and wood. It can be completely packed flat, charged via USB, and carried anywhere like a piece of clothing.
Numbra Portable Lamp by &Tradition
Following the massive success of its blown-glass Mist pendant collection, &Tradition debuted the Mist Portable at the festival. Mimicking the soft, diffused look of morning mist rolling over the hills, this compact, cordless version of the lamp lets users take that incredibly gentle, double-layered glass glow onto balconies or deep into cozy indoor nooks.
SNOWMAN12 From ILKW Portable Collection
SNOWMAN12 is an upcoming lighting that perfectly balances the ultra-compact SNOWMAN8 and the statement SNOWMAN15 models from ILKW’s collection. It features a seamless, blow-molded dual-sphere polycarbonate shade that eliminates internal shadows. The design includes an integrated touch interface for adjusting brightness and color temperatures from warm amber to cool daylight. This versatile lamp is durable enough for outdoor patios yet sophisticated enough for indoor nightstands.
Bell Portable in Burgundy by Tom Dixon
Though the Bell silhouette has been to design fairs before, Tom Dixon brought a brand-new, hyper-glossy burgundy finish to the portable version specifically for Copenhagen. The luminaire radiates a rich, reflective, and deeply sophisticated aesthetic. The deep wine-red tone paired with a polished, metallic dome surface behaves like a mirror, reflecting Copenhagen’s moody midsummer architecture.
The 2026 edition of 3daysofdesign firmly established one thing: Lighting is no longer just a fixed fixture. It is a fluid element of spatial wellness. By blending portable technology with sculptural shapes, these designs allow users to curate their environment’s atmosphere on the go.
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