This exhibition, undertaken by first-year master design students and hosted at the historic Cantiere Ernesto Riva, was developed in collaboration with Volta27: a group of professionals honouring Alessandro Volta’s legacy to shape the future of sustainable navigation on Lake Como.
Anticipating a larger international design challenge in 2026 – 27, the pilot project asked students to respond to the theme of “Energy Poetics”—working carefully with naturally occurring energy sources while using poetics as a disruptive tool for innovation, drawing on the poetry of movement and craft to develop functional objects for the Lake Como area. The Master of Design for Industry (MADI) 5.0 is a course at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, that foregrounds people and the planet to explore the entrepreneurial opportunity presented by the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution.
CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
Cantiere Ernesto Riva
Laglio, via Vecchia Regina 48
18– 20 September 2026
10 AM – 6 PM
free entrance
Not wheelchair accessible