Lake Como Design Festival renews its appointment and announces the sixth edition, from September 15th to 22nd 2024 in the city of Como and around its lake. Lightness is the leitmotif of this new event, that will take visitors on a diffuse journey discovering exhibitions and site-specific installations around this year theme from different points of view. Never as in this moment do we need lightness, that same one described by Italo Calvino in his “Six Memos for the New Millennium”: the lightness “associated with precision and determination, not with vagueness and indulgence to chance.”
A constant need over time that has always pushed us toward the illusion that we can ignore the force of gravity and get closer to the sky. From Leonardo's mechanical flight to the construction of the Tour Eiffel, from the use of glass to that of aerogel, “light thinking” has always involved different fields - literature, theater, art, design, architecture, physics, chemistry - and now it takes us on a new date, where lightness finds the right balance between form, material and movement.
program
Villa del Grumello
Lightness in Progress
Designers, artists, editors and galleries meet for the first time in the historic rooms of Villa del Grumello, set in a large garden and overlooking the first basin of Lake Como.
Chilometro della Conoscenza
Contemporary Design Selection
Lake Como Design Festival renews the appointment with contemporary design selection curated by Giovanna Massoni.
PANELS
Greenhouse meetings
Every afternoon of the festival, from September 15 to 21, the Serra del Grumello hosts a series of meetings to explore the theme of this sixth edition.
palazzo del broletto
The form of lightness
Group exhibition tracing a century of lightness in a selection of different seating made with different techniques and materials.
san pietro in atrio
Lightness on Paper
Ten artists, designers and architects interpret the theme of lightness using the ancient engraving technique.
Spazio Natta
8 days of Lightness
Erlands and Bai Bai form a harmonious duo, connecting their life philosophies in glass art, meditation, and design.
Borgovico 33
CONTEMPLATION ROOM
For the second consecutive year, the Swiss gallery Grieder Contemporary collaborates with Lake Como Design Festival by presenting a project by the acclaimed German artist Jorinde Voigt.
Villa Anna
WEIGHT OF ILLUMINATION
Not far from the center of Como and Villa del Grumello, Villa Anna in Cernobbio will host a special project produced by the Swiss gallery Grieder Contemporary.
Installation
VALERIO ELIOGABALO TORRISI
A large project signed by the Italian artist involves some commercial activities scattered around the city.
Experience
Studio Visit
Lake Como Design Festival invites to discover a selection of places where design, creativity and culture meet.
Serra del Grumello
LIGHT
For the sixth edition of Lake Como Design Festival, the scenic Serra del Grumello becomes a temporary restaurant curated by chefs Samuel Carugati and Elisa Raieri.
Experience
Rationalist Como
Also for this sixth edition, the festival confirms a series of guided tours in the company of architects who will tell you about the masterpieces of Como's rationalism.