No must let you know I fell in love with Naples when visiting town final 12 months for EDIT Napoli. From 9 to 11 October 2026 EDIT Napoli returns to ‘La Santissima’ for its eighth version the place it is going to host round 80 Italian and worldwide exhibitors alongside new exhibition codecs and a programme unfold between La Santissima and the Chiaia district, the place the historic Palazzi will change into the setting for EDIT CULT initiatives.
With its marketing campaign “The place Design Shapes,” EDIT Napoli focuses on initiatives and the way they take form, wanting on the individuals, processes, supplies, expertise and unbiased concepts behind it. The honest brings collectively rising designers, authors, architects and small unbiased producers.
La Santissima
At La Santissima, designers, studios and firms are offered throughout the constructing’s particular person rooms, with furnishings, objects and supplies displaying completely different approaches to modern dwelling. Final 12 months I visited EDIT Napoli for the primary time and I actually liked how every room felt like a small shock, revealing designers and studios I had not come throughout earlier than. Right here you’ll find my final 12 months’s report.
La Santissima itself is a wonderful setting, with rooms overlooking Naples, Mount Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples. The view turns into a part of the expertise as you progress from one room to the following. Among the many exhibitors of the 2026 version, final 12 months’s winners, Chiara Lionello and Katryna, will even return. They are going to be joined by a brand new collection of Italian and worldwide names.
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Lancia x DWA at La Santissima
Among the many particular initiatives at La Santissima is an set up by Lancia and DWA Design Studio, created for the presentation of the brand new Lancia Gamma. Lancia is the primary sponsor of EDIT Napoli this 12 months. On the primary ground of La Santissima, components of the automobile are translated into mild, supplies, sculptures and practical objects.
Olivier Vadrot at La Santissima
French designer and artist Olivier Vadrot presents an set up at La Santissima, produced by EDIT Napoli. Conceived as a gathering place, the set up brings individuals collectively and creates a dialogue between guests and the encircling area.
EDIT Napoli Goes World
The 2026 version has a stronger worldwide focus. For the primary time, the Italian Commerce Company (ITA) is bringing 40 worldwide professionals to Naples, together with architects, builders and media from nations throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
The programme additionally features a collaboration with España Diseño Mediterráneo and the Instituto Cervantes of Naples, specializing in the Spanish design scene and trade between Mediterranean design cultures. At La Santissima, Cultural Currencies: Cape City Furnishings Week x EDIT Napoli, curated by Francesca Lanzavecchia, brings collectively 5 South African studios.
EDIT Cult
Alongside the honest at La Santissima, EDIT CULT brings modern design into Naples’ historic and architectural heritage. I actually loved visiting the completely different areas final 12 months and there appear to be much more to see. In 2026, the programme strikes into the Chiaia district, with exhibitions and website particular installations in historic palazzi, church buildings and different architectural settings.
The 2026 areas embrace Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes, Church of San Rocco in Chiaia, Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta, Fondazione Plart, Church of Santa Caterina da Siena and Palazzo Cellamare. The programme brings collectively designers and artists from Italy, Spain, South Africa and past, working throughout furnishings, objects, glass, mild and set up.
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