Lake Como Design Festival announces its eighth edition, taking place from September 12 to 20, 2026. Confine (Border) is the central theme of this new appointment. A boundary not only as a line that divides territories, ideas, states of mind, or levels of consciousness, but also as a point of encounter—a space that defines while connecting. It is a zone of tension and transformation, of contact and exchange. To reflect on this theme today is not only to question where “the other” ends, but to rediscover ourselves — to understand who we are and the direction we wish to take. Nine days of exhibitions, installations, and talks will unfold across a network of venues, offering multiple perspectives on the concept of the boundary. Stay tuned!

CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SELECTION 2026 – SELECTION IN PROGRESS
The application window for the Contemporary Design Selection of Lake Como Design Festival 2026 closed on 30 April. Designers, craftspeople, architects, artists, companies, publishers and collectives responded to the call from vastly different places and experiences. This multiplicity is precisely the starting point: Lake Como Design Festival is not looking for a single voice, but for a space of reciprocity, learning, transmission and sharing, a place where distances shrink and languages lose their edges. The selection process is currently underway. The selected works will be exhibited in Como from 12 to 20 September 2026 in a group show curated by Giovanna Massoni and directed by Francesca Prandelli.

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