Meet Danish architect Dorte Mandrup, a star in Scandinavian architecture for many years and who receives growing international attention. "There can be something missionary about being an architect and having the desire to change the world." This film portrait of Dorte Mandrup is a conversation that started in 2017 and lasted for four years. It opens inner and outer landscapes and has thus become a fascinating tale of the conditions and nature of architecture today.
Danish architect Søren Pihlmann aims to revolutionize how we build. At the Venice Biennale, he turned the Danish Pavilion into an open lab, reusing every material from its renovation. “Can buildings heal themselves?” he asks. For Pihlmann, materials are partners with stories and histories. Instead of harvesting new resources, he urges us to reuse what already exists — creating architecture that connects past, present, and future through awareness, care, and poetic reuse.
“The world belongs to all of us.” Cave_bureau challenges the traditional understandings of architecture, Africa and colonial structures. “We need to stop blaming. We need to stop victimising ourselves. We need to come to the table as equals, as human beings and then find a way forward.” Since its foundation in 2014, Cave_bureau has studied and analysed many of the East African cave structures that have played a significant role – both historically and architecturally.
Monster sent Ishod Wair to Copenhagen, the best city in the world, to warm up the streets and canals for this year’s #CPHOPEN. One of the main reasons the skaters love Copenhagen and keep coming back is the city and its accessibility – you can go anywhere – by bike, board or boat.
The Nordic Explorer follows chef Søren Westh, who over a decade ago set out to change how we see food. What began as an impossible mission—wandering Danish forests in search of unknown ingredients—has become a lifelong journey. Ten years later, he still explores nature and ideas, driven to inspire change and help us shape a more sustainable future for generations to come.
The Levi’s® Skateboarding crew took to the road again this summer for a two month Spot Delivery Tour-- a mission to connect with local skate communities, repair existing skate parks and build new DIY spots throughout Europe.
We traveled nearly 3,500km over the 47 day tour visiting Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Austria, Czech Republic and Germany, building 6 new parks in Zurich, Postoijna, Zagreb, Vienna, Dresden and Copenhagen.
“A building that should address our own fragility.” Meet the renowned Danish architect Dorte Mandrup and her latest signature building right by the Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland – one of the places in the world where climate change is most visible. “The Icefjord Centre is created in wood to be as sustainable as possible but also to create a contrast to the millions of years of the bedrock. It’s a small building with great symbolic meaning.”
Meet iconic architect Norman Foster, who reflects on the vital role of design in shaping our future. “Cities generate wealth, innovation, and life,” he says. For Foster, a city is both its buildings and its infrastructure — the bridges, subways, harbours, and spaces that connect us. “Infrastructure is the urban glue binding it all together. Architects and designers are part of that system — and in that sense, we hold the key to the future.”
We went to Norway to meet Helen & Hard Architects. With a deep belief in community, sustainability, and the use of wood, they’re not just reshaping architecture — but the way we live.
“Stavanger and the west coast have shaped us,” they say. “The local culture of entrepreneurship inspires transformation and experimentation. Nature remains our greatest teacher — wood reveals its story through growth patterns and the forces that formed it.”
A year in the life of WhoMadeWho.
Danish electronic rock band WhoMadeWho are one of the best and busiest bands in Europe. But being a full-time parent and rock star is demanding. How do they keep creativity up in a life full of hotel rooms, airports and pick-ups from kindergarten?
MADE IN DICKIES - Dickies recently ventured into the realm of Baka d’Busk in Copenhagen. The 5 young visionaries from Copenhagen united their passions and talents to create a visionary plant-based experience. Explore the celebration of craftsmanship, creativity and culinary ingenuity with Dickies x Baka d’Busk.
Copenhagen has had her beauty sleep and she is ready to take you on an extraordinary skateboard journey throughout all parts of Copenhagen. As seen here through the eye´s of the Copenhagen 2013 conest winner Shane O´neil.
We want to celebrate skateboarding with expanding the cities skate limits and every year creating new places to skate!
A film by: THE INOUE BROTHERS...
Appearance by: ALONSO BURGOS, KIYOSHI INOUE, SATORU INOUE
Directed by: KRISTIAN PEDERSEN
Produced by: THE INOUE BROTHERS... & DMDI
Co-Produced by: GOODWIND STUDIO In collaboration with: INCA GROUP
Director of photography: SIMON WEYHE
Original music score: SØREN BONKE
Behind the scenes photography: MARINE GASTINEAU
Executive producers: KRISTIAN PEDERSEN & SATORU INOUE
Video By:
Goodwind Studio
Lights & Visuals:
Vertigo
This documentary is the first to genuinely capture the magic that is the Copenhagen Open. Channel the vibes with Oski, KB, Kevin White, Hjalte and so many more. CPHO should be on every skater’s bucket list.
“There is no beauty without pain,” says Danish photographer Astrid Kruse Jensen, whose images drift between reality and memory. Exploring contrasts of light and darkness, her work reflects deep personal loss. “Photography is a balance — where do you place the shadow, what do you burn out?” After losing her husband, she sought a new beginning — a place where life and art could resonate, where everything might come together again.
We met Los Angeles-based photographer Catherine Opie in the Norwegian winter, capturing mountains in twilight. “It’s a mood, an emotion — the idea that a day begins and ends,” she says. Reflecting on the history of blue in art — from Picasso’s Blue Period to Derek Jarman’s film and Renaissance cerulean — Opie explores what this color holds, and why we’re drawn to its light at both dawn and dusk, moments of beginnings and endings.
Ed Templeton, American artist and founder of Toy Machine, blends skateboarding, photography, and painting into raw reflections of youth culture. Influenced by Nan Goldin and Larry Clark, he began photographing his circle in 1994. Filmed in Copenhagen, Templeton captures strangers and skaters alike — revealing the highs and lows of the scene. “Skateboarders destroy their bodies inside and out,” he says. His work portrays both the thrill and emptiness that define their world.
“Photography is light — you approach chaos, frame it, and create calm,” says Danish photographer Henrik Saxgren. For him, a good photo sparks conversation and lets people see the familiar anew. After losing his wife, he turned to landscapes, shaping images like a painter. His camera is his way into the world: “To reach intimacy, you must offer intimacy. You don’t get more than you give.”
“Architecture is more important than any sculpture. Houses are our real monuments,” says Danish artist Bjørn Nørgaard. Influenced by Joseph Beuys and the 1960s welfare-state ideals, he sees art and architecture as tools for shaping society. His Bispebjergbakke housing project embodies this — crafted by skilled hands, built for human life and longevity. “Architecture must think long-term — like nature does.”
We met great German photographer Thomas Struth for an in-depth conversation about his works, career and view on life. “You have to have a reason. That’s the starting point. It has to come from within. You cannot calculate art. I mean, you can. But then it will not survive.” Struth started as a painter and studied at the famous Düsseldorf Academy under Gerhard Richter.
Ember focuses on wood-fire cooking, fresh, hyper-seasonal ingredients, bold combinations served on giant communal tables, and surprising appearances in stunning locations. A truly unique approach even in the vibrant culinary scene of the German capital, it’s a hard-earned success story rooted in heritage.
The pilgrimage to Copenhagen is an essential journey every skateboarder should make at least once. Here’s an in-depth dive into last year’s festivities.
From the first bolt to the last beat, we make music happen.
We’re celebrating the people who make it all unfold, behind the scenes and in front of the stage.
“I enjoy making transformations. There’s a lump of clay you can start moulding.” Meet the award-winning Danish architect Dorte Mandrup who here reflects upon the nature of transforming existing spaces. “What’s vital in working with transformations is to have an understanding of parallelisms. You don’t need to change everything.”
What does a graveyard say about life?
Danish artist Balder Olrik spent months photographing empty mausoleums in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. “I looked into one and saw silk flowers covered in spiderwebs. It hit me — we will be forgotten.”
Recovering from illness, Olrik found in this silent world a reflection on love, loss, and impermanence: “Maybe we should just do what we want in life. Our fear of not being eternal causes us more pain than death itself.”
“Transparency really interests me, particularly as a filter that doesn’t expose everything but engages you. Architect Toyo Ito describes façades as osmotic skin – something that allows the permeation of the best of both sides. A house made entirely of glass is uninteresting and makes the situation inside vulnerable.”
In April of 2014, Levi's® Skateboarding joined Bolivian skater Milton Arellano in reuniting with the endboss projects crew from Hannover, along with over a 100 skateboarders and builders from around the world, to build a public skatepark in La Paz, Bolivia. See professional skateboarders Marius Syvanen, David Gravette, Josh Matthews, Joey Pepper, Chet Childress, and Al Partanen live, work, and skate the Pura Pura skatepark three miles up in the sky.
We joined the Holystoked skateboarding crew from Bangalore and the 2er building crew from Hannover, along with 24 skateboarders and builders from around the world to build the first, free public use skate park in India. Professional skateboarders Chet Childress, Al Partanen, Stefan Janoski, Omar Salazar, Lennie Burmeister, and Rob Smith all joined in on the build and skated the finished project.
Started in 2005 by skaters and “mad minds” Sören Manzoni and Max Ochoa (MadMax), Nasty Mondays exploded from a small club on one of Barcelona’s roughest streets into a weekly party drawing 1,500 people. Mixing 80s new-wave, grunge, punk, electro, and rockabilly, they set out to “kill the nightlife scene” — and instead created a raw, legendary celebration of chaos, freedom, and sound.
Join us and our friends on a one-take journey through the streets of Copenhagen, celebrating Copenhagen and it´s legendary skaters. History was not forgotten.
Asked about the essence of motorcycling, Per Nielsen from Copenhagen answers with one word: “Presence.”
His crew, The Wrenchmonkees, are known worldwide for raw, custom bikes that blend skateboarding, DIY culture, rock & roll, and a love of clean design. They care less about performance or trends and more about the pure feeling of riding — crafting timeless machines that express “the basic experience of life on a motorbike.”