EDIT Napoli 2024: Design Week in Iconic Neapolitan Venues
So, there’s this design fair called EDIT Napoli, which was created by Emilia Petruccelli and Domitilla Dardi. It’s happening for the sixth time from October 11 to 13, 2024, at the Archivio di Stato. Expect to see over 100 exhibitors and seven special exhibitions at different historic venues. This year, the focus is on blending slow design with craftsmanship against the backdrop of mass production. There’s also a new partnership with Labò Cultural Project, where winners of the under-30 Seminario award can show their work for free at EDIT Napoli and Milan's Fuorisalone in spring 2025. Some cool highlights include a tribute to Filippo Alison’s furniture designs at Teatro di Corte and installations inspired by regional identities.
Key facts
- EDIT Napoli 2024 runs October 11-13, 2024.
- Founded and curated by Emilia Petruccelli and Domitilla Dardi.
- Main section at Archivio di Stato with over 100 exhibitors.
- Seven Cult monographic shows in historic venues.
- Seminario award for under-30 designers and studios under three years old.
- Winners get free exhibition at EDIT Napoli and Fuorisalone 2025 via Labò Cultural Project.
- Labò presents Undo-Redo installation on Italian regional identities.
- Cult show at Teatro di Corte honors Filippo Alison's Mackintosh research, unseen for 50 years.
- Kengo Kuma designs sets for Verdi's Simon Boccanegra at Teatro San Carlo.
- Allegra Hicks project at Ipogeo dei Cristallini inspired by Parthenope.
- Alpi surfaces exhibited at Museo Mineralogico Nazionale.
- Iacchetti and Ragni installation for Abet Laminati at Archivio di Stato terrace.
- Caterina Roppo's Galateo Ancestrale at Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco.
- Claudia Campone's Neuro-Philia at Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri.
Entities
Artists
- Emilia Petruccelli
- Domitilla Dardi
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
- Filippo Alison
- Kengo Kuma
- Allegra Hicks
- Alessandro Mendini
- Konstantin Grcic
- Giulio Iacchetti
- Matteo Ragni
- Caterina Roppo
- Claudia Campone
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Benjamin Franklin
- Gaetano Filangieri
Institutions
- EDIT Napoli
- Archivio di Stato di Napoli
- Labò Cultural Project
- The Design Blender
- Undo-Redo
- Palazzo Reale di Napoli
- Teatro di Corte
- Cassina
- Triennale Milano
- Teatro San Carlo
- Alcantara
- Ipogeo dei Cristallini
- Castel dell'Ovo
- Alpi
- Museo Mineralogico Nazionale
- Abet Laminati
- Complesso Museale Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco
- Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri
- Incalmi
- Artribune
Locations
- Naples
- Italy
- Archivio di Stato
- Palazzo Reale di Napoli
- Teatro San Carlo
- Ipogeo dei Cristallini
- Rione Sanità
- Castel dell'Ovo
- Museo Mineralogico Nazionale
- Pizzofalcone
- Vesuvius
- Complesso Museale Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad Arco
- Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri
- Milan
- Fuorisalone
- Barona
- Genoa
- Japan