Copenhagen gets a new design gallery, Melbourne a pop-up

March 19. Sight Unseen filed a roundup. Four items, two worth transmitting.

Copenhagen: a new gallery called Etage Projects opened in Frederiksberg. The space shows furniture and objects, skews Scandinavian makers, and is run by a former curator from the Danish Design Museum. First show: chairs by a Norwegian designer named Anderssen & Voll, known for clean lines and commercial work with Muuto. The gallery's site lists hours but no opening-night photos yet. It's a wait-and-see.

Melbourne: Ellison Studios, an LA-based furniture maker, opened a two-week pop-up in Collingwood. The studio has been around since 2015, makes chairs and tables out of solid walnut and steel, and sells direct. The Melbourne stop is part of a wider Asia-Pacific tour that included Tokyo last month. The pop-up closes March 30. No word on whether pieces sold, but the Instagram shows foot traffic.

The garden question: Sight Unseen asked if readers would plant a living garden in their living room, illustrated with a photo of a Berlin apartment that did exactly that. The apartment belongs to a landscape architect. It looks fine in the photo. The question doesn't need an answer. Most people won't, some will, the end.

The fourth item: a profile of a furniture maker in upstate New York who's been at it since 1997, making Shaker-style chairs by hand. The piece is warm but thin. No new collection, no gallery show, just a reminder that someone is still doing the work. Fine for a Sunday read, not urgent.

The Copenhagen gallery is the only real beat here. A former museum curator opening a commercial space in a city that already has strong design infrastructure means the bar is higher than usual. First show is safe. We'll check back in six months to see if Etage Projects is filing anything that matters, or if it's another gallery that shows the same five Nordic names on rotation.