Designers Robert Hahn and Jacobo Cuesta Wolf curated an exhibition of eclectic doorstops for Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design festival, including a clock-shaped wedge and a bound stack of books.

The Stop/Go exhibition displayed more than 20 objects at the Goethe-Institut Denmark, created by young and independent German creatives in response to a brief calling for novel reinterpretations of the humble doorstop.

Hahn and Cuesta Wolf, who have been collaborating on design and curatorial projects since 2024, chose the doorstop as a shared starting point for the show due to its ubiquity and straightforward functionality.

"It is small enough not to dominate and at the same time familiar enough to be understood," the duo explained. "A simple object, but also a good place to begin a conversation."

Among the German designers taking part in Stop/Go was Alexander von Dombois, who created a doorstop made from painted beechwood rings that stack like a children's toy.

Anna-Lena Wolfrum made her doorstop by machining ash wood into a bottom-heavy conical form, while Philipp Witte added a simple handle to a rock to evoke the earliest curling stones.

Oliver-Selim Boualam and Lukas Marstaller of design studio BNAG created a cast-metal replica of the doorstop used as a generic visual reference on Wikipedia, as well as a stool with wedge-shaped feet that can be used to prop open a door.

Martha Sophie Kikowatz used bent wire to trace the outline of a wedge, resulting in a lightweight doorstop that performs the required function with minimal use of material.

Mathis Hoseman also focused on the malleable properties of metal with his doorstop made from a single piece of bent steel, while Kasper Kyster used tension wire to shape a steel sheet into a shallow arc.

Other experiments with metal included Studio Œ's Smithy Doorstop, forged by flattening one end of a solid steel bar, and Florian Schregelmann's weighty Crossfit doorstop featuring a welded cross-shaped base.

Hahn & CuestaWolf's own contribution to the show features a conical cast-aluminium base with a long wooden handle, while Tim Schütze created his doorstop by combining larch wood with a chunk of dolomite stone.

Some of the more quirky responses to the brief included a doorstop made from a pile of books bound together with rope by Silvio Rebholz and Paul Rees, as well as a clock-shaped wedge by Studio Pond.

Till Seegräber and Justus Hilfenhaus used cork to create a circular non-slip wedge, while Karl Anton Schinkel devised a system for dipping found objects in rubber and adding handles to turn them into ready-made doorstops.

Stop/Go took place during the 3 Days of Design festival, alongside other group shows including an exhibition of design objects made using sewing machines and a presentation of sculptural furniture by design brand Mater.

The photography is by Max Mendez, with set design by Amelie Schleifenheimer.

Stop/Go took place from 10 to 12 June 2026 as part of 3 Days of Design. See Dezeen Events Guide for more architecture and design events around the world.