Design Diary - June 2011

Dates for your diary: exhibitions, sales, fairs, courses and events you should know about in London and the UK.

Just Desserts: Silver for a Perfect Summer Pudding (4 June-30 Sept), The London Silver Vaults, Corner of Chancery Lane & Southampton Buildings, London WC1 - The serving of dessert forms the theme of this summer's selling exhibition. Dessert cutlery sets with pretty mother of pearl handles, liqueur glasses and decanters, grape dishes, ice cream spoons, bon-bon and petit fours dishes. www.thesilvervaults.com

Pulse (5-7 June), Earl's Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, London SW7 - 500 leading brands and designers launch new products at this trade-only fair. www.pulse-london.com

Pinta Art Show (6-9 June), Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London SW5 - After the success of their first London Fair last year, and four editions in New York, this show dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American Art is back in London. With such diverse cultural repertoires on display - including from Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru - a feast for the eyes is assured. www.pintaart.com

Summer Nights at Clifton Nurseries, (each Wed evening from 8 June to 20 July at 6.30pm), 5a Clifton Villas, London W9 - The perfect way to spend a summer evening: glass of wine in hand, and an interesting talk on a garden topic (from 'Victorian Medicines' to 'Guerilla Gardening'). Tickets £10. To book call 020 7289 6851.

The 38th Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair (9-19 June) Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 - London's most established art and antiques fair attracts over 30,000 visitors and is renowned for the variety of objects on offer and the inspiring presentation. 150 specialist dealers will be selling works from all eras and from all corners of the globe. For more information, visit www.olympia-art-antiques.com

The Original London Antique Textile, Carpets and Tribal Art Fair (12 June, 10.30-5 pm), Olympia Hilton Hotel, Kensington High St, London W14 - Fifty dealers will be selling decorative textiles, carpets, lace, embroideries, wall hangings, rugs and tribal artefacts at this twice-yearly fair. www.pa-antiques.co.uk

Free Range Art & Design Show (until 25 July), The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London E1 - The show provides the best platform for graduate art and design students from over 100 university courses from across the UK to showcase their work to both public and industry. Categories include fashion, art, graphics, photography and interior design. For full listings and opening days & times see www.free-range.org.uk

Art Antiques London (8-15 June), Albert Memorial West Lawn, Kensington Gardens, London, SW7 - The venue for this glamorous art and antiques fair is a custom-built pavilion opposite the Royal Albert Hall. It incorporates the International Ceramics Fair & Seminar, and brings together 70 of the world's leading art dealers. Plus a full programme of lectures. www.haughton.com

International Antiques & Collectors' Fair (9-10 June) Newark & Notts International Showground - The largest antiques fair in Europe, with around 3000 stalls. www.iacf.co.uk

Cockpit Arts Open Studios (10-12 June in Holborn; 17-19 June in Deptford) - Meet hundreds of designer-makers, watch live demonstrations and buy their products. www.cockpitarts.com

Open Garden Squares Weekend, London (11-12 June) - Your chance to visit gardens in London not usually open to the public or that you didn't even know existed! 213 gardens are taking part this year (shown here are the allotments in Regent's Park). For more details, visit www.opensquares.org

Reflect London (12 June), Kensington Town Hall, London W8 - A specialist glass fair with dealers in Georgian drinking glasses and other tableware, Victorian pressed glass, paperweights, arts and crafts, art nouveau and art deco glass, including Lalique. www.reflectlondon.com

Adams Antiques Fair (19 June), Horticultural Hall, Elverton St, London SW1 - The biggest monthly antiques fair in central London. www.adamsantiquesfairs.com

The Manchester Vintage Fashion & Textiles Fair (12 June) Armitage Centre, Fallowfield, Manchester - 150 stalls selling vintage clothes, couture designer items, accessories and textiles. www.decorativefairs.co.uk

Blue (15 June- 3 Sept), flow gallery, 1-5 Needham Road, London W11 - An exploration of the different ways current artists use the colour blue whilst recognising its roots and heritage (especially in textiles and ceramics) in Europe as well as in the Far East. www.flowgallery.co.uk

Drummonds' Relocation Auction (18 June), Drummonds, Hindhead, Surrey - 500 lots, including baths, antique furniture, fireplaces and garden features. Auction begins at 10 a.m. Viewing from the 1st of June www.drummonds-arch.co.uk

Adams Antiques Fair (19 June), Horticultural Hall, Elverton St, London SW1 - The biggest monthly antiques fair in central London. www.adamsantiquesfairs.com

Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair (19 June, 12-6pm), 146 Brick Lane, E1 - Now in its sixth year, this trendy event describes itself as an ‘afternoon of serious art and frivolous fun'. www.artcarbootfair.com

Salvo Fair 2011 (24-26 June), Knebworth House, Hertfordshire - This is still the only fair in the world for architectural salvage, garden antiques and reclaimed building materials. It's outdoors, with some 85 dealers from all over the UK, and everything is for sale. For more details, visit www.salvo-fair.com

Masterpiece (30 June-5 July), South Grounds, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3 - Now in its second year, this fair is described as a showcase of ‘the best of the best'. It combines old and new, from Bugatti to bronzes, Cartier to Cognac, Picasso to pink diamonds. Buy a £20 ticket online by entering the code THD and enjoy a glass of R de Ruinart Champagne at the Fair. A voucher(s) will be sent to you with your tickets or call 020 7499 7470. www.masterpiecefair.com. For a free Masterpiece app go to www.itunes.apple.com

New Designers 2011 (Part 1: 29 June - 2 July, Awards Preview 29 June; Part 2: 6 - 9 July, Awards Preview 6 July), Business Design Centre, London, N1 - Over 3,500 of the brightest and most creative talents from Britain's leading design courses will come together. From architecture to animation, furniture to fashion, graphics to illustration. www.newdesigners.com

2 June 2011