Como UNESCO Creative City
Como UNESCO Creative City
Como is at the heart of the Italian Textile Valley, an area founded on the textile industry which comprises the provinces of Como and Lecco. The textile sector is one of the fullest expressions of the Culture of Making and the importance of Made in Italy products. The textile industry has deep-rooted traditions and is re-garded as a huge patrimony of experience and technical and artistic skills passed down from generation to generation, continuing to improve over time.
This is thanks to the constant push for innovation, which is ensured by the sup-port of excellent training centres and promoted by the commitment and creativity of the industry’s artisans and textile manufacturers. The industry focuses on in-tricate and complex production methods, where improvisation is not an option; the art of silk craft, along with the tradition of sericulture, plays a fundamental role. Seventy percent of European silk comes from the Como district, which is proudly home to 1,376 companies (1,424 in 2019) and 15,515 employees. Ac-cording to ‘Unioncamere’ and ‘Symbola’ Foundation, which gather statistics on the value of the cultural sector, the district is the market leader in design and printing (related specifically to the fashion industry and home furnishings). Como Creative City shines the spotlight on craftsmanship and the Culture of Making, and puts strategies in place for a circular economy that will create opportunities