Last October, Svend Jacob Pedersen, co-founder of Copenhagen design firm Spacon, sat around a bar table with friends Silas Adler (formerly of fashion brand Soulland) and Kristian Nyholm (who runs talent management agency e45) discussing the shortcomings of design fairs. Before long, the trio was dreaming up what would become Other Circle, a cross-disciplinary platform merging design, art, music, food and fashion. “We’ve heard frustration from brands who rented an expensive space and then didn’t get the attendance they were looking for,” explains Pedersen. “Out of that grew this idea of including creatives from other industries, but built through the lens of what is relevant to a design audience.”

The resulting exhibition, hosted in...