EDIT Napoli Design Fair Moves to Archivio di Stato for Fifth Edition

The fifth edition of EDIT Napoli, the design fair founded and curated by Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli, will take place from October 6 to 8, 2023, at the newly restored Archivio di Stato in the monumental complex of Santi Severino e Sossio. After four editions at the Benedictine monastery of San Domenico, the fair moves to another former Benedictine monastery with four cloisters, offering a dialogue with antiquity. The fair focuses on editorial design, bridging independent designers, creators, and companies producing in limited series. Nearly one hundred exhibitors are expected, up from eighty last year, with increased international participation thanks to partnerships with the Spanish and Dutch Cultural Institutes. The exhibition design by Stamuli studio is fluid and lightweight, using fabrics and tapestries instead of dividing walls. The communication campaign, inspired by banners, features geometric graphics derived from Neapolitan noble heraldry, with colors including red, gold, and Anjou blue. Curated off-site exhibitions called Cult will feature projects by Pedrali with DWA Design Studio on recycled plastics, Agape Casa's Casa Mangiarotti at Palazzo Ravaschieri, an homage by Fabio Novembre to Riccardo Dalisi, Sabine Marcelis presenting Cobalt House with La Prairie, and Ranieri's lava stone monoliths at Santa Maria la Nova. Alberto Alessi's Il Tornitore Matto will appear in a new version hosted by a Neapolitan mask maker.