Crafts and Folk Art

Como belongs to the Crafts and Folk Art cluster, fostering the Culture of Making, Textile Crafts, Design, Circular Economy and a Sustainable Fashion Chain. Its skills in textile-fashion, design and textile-furnishing form the heart of Como UNESCO Creative City. At the same time, the Como area is a meeting point for knowledge and inspiration that interweaves multiple fields, from architecture to sculpture, and from the arts to science.

This cultural heritage has been expressed and exemplified by the great names of Como, such as Pliny, Giovio, Volta, the Magistri Comacini, and Terragni, figures who helped shape this land and its creative identity. What makes the Como UNESCO Creative City project unique is its ability to integrate and bring together all the assets of local creative production, defining an all-round creativity model. Textiles, the district’s founding art, is not limited to the world of fashion, but connects synergistically with other local area of excellence that includes the worlds of design, wood-furniture, architecture and marble, generating new opportunities and underlining Como’s worth in the international creativity scene.