Hospitality VIsit / Where design meets hospitality.

On the occasion of the eighth edition of Lake Como Design Festival, five hotels open their doors to designers and artists, becoming settings for installations, screenings and temporary exhibitions. A meeting point between exceptional hospitality and contemporary creativity.

For the eighth edition of Lake Como Design Festival, CASABIANCA, a contemporary house museum just a short walk from the lake, joins the festival route for the first time, opening its doors to La Casa di Cini Boeri, the film dedicated to one of the leading figures of Italian design. The screening finds its natural setting within an elegant domestic interior, where contemporary artworks engage in dialogue with a curated selection of vintage designer furniture and collectible design pieces, transforming the viewing into an immersive experience. Completing the installation are the re-editions of two of Cini Boeri's iconic lamps, produced by Codiceicona, in a tribute that weaves together design heritage and contemporary craftsmanship.

CASABIANCA
Como, Lungo Lario Trento 47
12-20 September 2026
screening times 10 -11, 14 -15, 17 -18
access limited to 15 people per screening

Hilton Lake Como confirms its presence in the exhibition route of the Lake Como Design Festival by hosting Echoes of Mexico, a project by Coco Brun x Sten Studio. Set within the hotel's central courtyard, the collection of sculptural vessels in marble, travertine, and onyx creates a dialogue between the tactile quality of the works, their vibrant natural hues, and the clean lines of the building's contemporary architecture. Handcrafted in Mexico City, the pieces reinterpret pre-Columbian architecture through sculptural forms that explore memory, territory and materiality.

Hilton Lake Como
Como, via Borgo Vico 241
12-20 September 2026

For the first time, the Lake Como Design Festival extends its route to Lecco, welcoming among its new venues the Hotel Promessi Sposi, which hosts Bosco Sacro (Sacred Forest), a project dedicated to Laura Santamaria’s exploration of the boundary between the visible and the invisible, between the earthly dimension and a cosmic aspiration. Terracotta faces emerge from tree trunks used as natural plinths. Like silent, archetypal presences, the sculptures evoke artifacts from an imagined excavation: fragments of an archaeology in which earth, wood, and natural materials preserve traces of rituals, distant memories, and ancestral connections.

Hotel Promessi Sposi
Malgrate (Lecco), viale Italia 4
12-20 September 2026

Overlooking the first basin of Lake Como, pieds dans l’eau, Hotel Villa Flori hosts Taami, Matteo Ragni’s project dedicated to wellbeing and self-care, as part of the eighth edition of Lake Como Design Festival. Created to foster balance between body and mind, Taami reflects the festival’s theme, Border, as a space of connection between opposites: movement and meditation, tension and calm. The exhibition will be accompanied by special Pilates sessions, transforming the villa into a place of mindfulness, relaxation, and deep connection with oneself.

Hotel Villa Flori
Como, via per Cernobbio 12
12-20 September 2026

Event: 13 and 20 September / 10 AM
Pilates with TAAMI by Matteo Ragni
Approximately one hour
Registration required at
desk@lakecomodesignfestival.com

In celebration of Lake Como Design Festival 2026, artist and designer Conie Vallese collaborates with Canadian design house Beau Lake on a series of paddleboards presented at The Lake Como EDITION. Flowers and natural forms are a recurring language within Vallese’s work, reflecting her exploration of beauty, fragility and resilience. For this collaboration, these elements move onto the surface of Beau Lake’s paddleboards, bringing her artistic practice into dialogue with an object intrinsically connected to the water. The works will be presented poolside, overlooking Lake Como. While The Pool restaurant welcomes external guests, access to the pool and its sunbeds is normally reserved exclusively for hotel guests, creating a distinctive setting in which to encounter Vallese’s work during the festival.

The Pool, The Lake Como EDITION
Cadenabbia, via Regina 41
12-20 September 2026
Open to the public during exhibition hours,
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.