PAD London, 2025: ETHEREAL MONOLITHS

Charles Burnand Gallery presents Ethereal Monoliths at PAD London (October 2025), redefining monumentality in contemporary design. This exhibition brings together a diverse group of international designers whose practices push material boundaries while remaining deeply rooted in craft.

 

From hand-silvered glass and charred iroko wood, to lacquered copper, and gilded oak, the works explore how scale and surface can move between solidity and lightness, between structure and atmosphere. Collectively, they highlight a new direction in collectible design; one where monumental presence does not rely on mass alone, but on resonance,

transformation, and awe.

 

Together, these works form Ethereal Monoliths: an exhibition that places material experimentation and monumental form at the centre of contemporary design, offering new ways of understanding presence, perception, and transformation.