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PAD: Banking on Digital

Published on , by Maïa Roffé

Hard hit by the first lockdown, postponed in May and then moved to the FIAC dates from October 19 to 25, the art and design fair is forced to go digital because of the health crisis.

Pierre Renart (b. 1990), Wave desk, "Ribbon" collection, 2020, American walnut, 75... PAD: Banking on Digital

Pierre Renart (b. 1990), Wave desk, "Ribbon" collection, 2020, American walnut, 75 x 190 x 80 cm (approx. 29.5 x 75 x 31.5 in.), length of top 150 cm (59 in.), width of ribbon 60 cm (approximately 23.6 in.).
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Gone are the PAD Awards overseen by interior designer Jacques Grange, the restaurant revamped by designer Sandra Benhamou and the PAD studio run by Oitoemponto's interior design duo, Jacques Bec and Artur Miranda. Welcome to the digital platform padesignartonline, bringing together exhibitors from PAD Paris and London. "We are merging the two shows on a single digital platform. We are not an Online Viewing Room like Art Basel OVR or FIAC Stories, or a commercial site, but a long-term development platform that links up PAD exhibitors with collectors. Each dealer can exhibit up to twenty-five photographs of works, objects or furniture when it is launched on November 18, and add five pieces each month," says the show's founder, Patrick…
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