Viewing PAD London at Berkeley Square

If design is more your thing, be sure to visit PAD this week. The fair was founded in 2007 by renowned Parisian antique dealer Patrick Perrin and it’s still going strong almost two decades on with annual editions held in Paris (in April) and London. It is the only fair of its kind in London dedicated exclusively to historical and contemporary design and is the place to get familiar with the very best design from around the world.

It’s always an eclectic, diverse and surprising mix, allowing encounters with familiar and discoveries of the new. Highlights at this year’s London edition, which boasts eleven new galleries, included works by Faye Toogood at Friedman Benda’s booth, exquisite pieces by Alexey Drozhdin, who combines glass and charred oak, and a special selection of works from the Middle East, showing at the fair for the first time – we can’t wait to see the stunning ceramic and glass pieces by Lebanese designers at Beirut-based PIK’D’s presentation.

In all, 20 galleries feature this year, ranging from rare historical pieces to the new and never-seen-before. Perrin told AD magazine: “Galleries will showcase ground-breaking pieces combining masterful craftsmanship with innovative concepts, rare collectible pieces that are available for sale for the first time and will stage dialogues between works from various eras and cultures.”