Just back from Napoli, where the seventh edition of Edit Napoli took place from October 10 to 12. Sometimes it takes a coincidence to discover new places, just like I did with this fair. When I had the opportunity to publish my blog in real life at the imm fair in Cologne in 2017, I used my connection to Sardinia as inspiration and came into contact with Caterina Frongia for a blog collaboration. We stayed in touch and in 2021, she presented her work at Edit Napoli. Just like Chiara Caselli, who works close to where I live (you can find her work in my webshop), she won Edit Napoli with her Ccontinua + MAMT project, and from then I was determined to visit one day.
So you can imagine this fair had been on my radar for quite some time, and when earlier this month I had to choose between the various October fairs and festivals. Picking Edit Napoli couldn’t have been a better decision. On my Instagram stories I already took you along the different locations and some of the special homes we got to visit during the press program.
In this article a small recap and I will highlight some more designers later on the blog. Have a look at my Edit Napoli Instagram album and my other Milano highlight to see more images of Edit Napoli.
EDIT Napoli
Since its first edition in 2019, Edit Napoli has mapped out the city through unique itineraries, transforming exceptional sites into experimental spaces. This year’s edition extended the fair’s reach uphill, bringing design into dialogue with the city’s cultural heritage and some of Naples’ most striking cultural landmarks in the Vomero district. Staying in this part of the city allowed me to explore the area more closely, with several locations just a short walk from where I stayed. I visited Naples for the first time, it has truly stolen my heart!
EDIT Napoli aims to promote a new generation of designers, while reshaping how design fairs engage with place, history, and community. It shines a spotlight on authorial and independent design and at the fair you will find pieces that sit between craftsmanship, art, and contemporary design. Rather than being just a commercial fair, Edit Napoli focuses on quality over quantity promoting designers, makers, and small brands who produce original, sustainable, and traceable work. While creating a meaningful connection with the city of Naples itself through EDIT Cult.
EDIT Cult forms a dialogue between the fair and the historical and artistic treasures of Naples. Selected leading companies in the authorial design field will exhibit their special projects in some of the city’s most prestigious cultural sites, such as the National Museums of Vomero: Castel Sant’Elmo, Certosa di San Martino, and Villa Floridiana. These historic landmarks become active stages where contemporary design, art, and architecture meet, offering visitors a new way to experience Naples.
Photo by Edit Napoli
La Santissima
La Santissima is EDIT Napoli’s new venue and headquarters of the fair. Housed within the SS. Trinità delle Monache Complex, a historic site that overlooks the city from the Quartieri Spagnoli. Built in the early 17th century as a convent for Benedictine nuns, the complex was later transformed into Naples’ Military Hospital, a role it held for more than a century. Today, it is the focus of an ambitious urban regeneration project that is giving new cultural and civic life to the area.
A few of my favourites, have a look at my Edit Napoli Instagram album to see all images I made.
Photo by Edit Napoli
España diseño mediterráneo project by Tomas Alía together with the Instituto Cervantes Napoles with pictured the work of Flic Studio Iranzo Garado studios In the back Studio Lehn
Bunker studio Firenze and in the back Trama Design
Certosa di San Martino
The next day we visited Certosa di San Martino with its amazing views over the gulf of Napoli. If you previously followed me I am sure you have seen the work of Alvaro Catalán and his beautiful Pet Lamps. Absolutely beautiful also the Unseen Visions project by Azucena, a historic brand now part of the B&B Italia group. A dual curatorial project, by two contemporary architects: Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva and Cetty Grammatica.Later that evening I had the opportunity to visit the studio of Giuliano Andrea dell’Uva which was also just amazing.
At the Terrazzo, with the most perfect views on Napoli’s harbour and the Vesuvius, Bethan Laura Wood presented her project for Poltronova ‘Terrazzo Quarry’ A set of organic seats in a motif that its inspiration was found for in Venetian terrazzo.
Castel Sant’Elmo
Castel Sant’Elmo is a medieval fortress located on the Vomero hill adjacent to the Certosa di San Martino. One of the locations I was really looking forward to. During Milan Design Week the exhibition of Ranieri was one of my favourites and I was happy to discover their name on the program. Next to Ranieri also the Animal Factory, a playground by Luca Boscardin for Magis was one of the designer projects at Sant’Elmo.
Created with Ranieri, a Campania-based company specializing in lava stone, Diego Rivero Borrell created Paisaje de Reflejos. Landscape of Reflections is the first collaborative project between Diego Rivero Borrell, founder of the experimental studio Tanat. The landscape of volcanic stones is designed as a personal collection of fragments and impressions that Diego gained during his journey in Naples.
Villa Floridiana
Just around the corner of my B&B, the last stop of the day was at Villa Floridiana that houses the National Ceramics Museum. It has beautiful greens and a panoramic view over the sea at the back of the building. Here Marta Sala Éditions presented several pieces from lamps, mirrors and vases to different chairs and tables. In the garden Elena Salmistraro for Officine Tamborrino presented a ‘tiny house’ built with new, sustainable materials. I loved the finish on the outside of one part of the small cabin.
Visit my Edit Napoli Instagram album and my other Milano highlight to see more images of Edit Napoli.
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