On 25 April at Central Saint Martins, a new kind of gathering lands in London: a cross-disciplinary meeting of minds from film, television, theatre, live events, and immersive experiences. The people who design and build these worlds rarely share the same room. At Set & Scene, they finally do.

Set & Scene is for anyone working in production design, set decoration, scenic craft, and the wider ecosystem of suppliers and makers. It’s a chance to step sideways and compare approaches.

This curated one-day event brings together panel discussions, live demonstrations and supplier showcases exploring production design, scenic craft and emerging technologies. From material innovation to virtual production and sustainable methods, it reflects how stories, skills and design now move fluidly across these creative fields.

And yes, Film and Furniture will be right at the centre of it. We’re also giving away three pairs of tickets to attend.

Film and Furniture: An official partner of Set & Scene 2026

For years, we’ve explored how objects operate within story worlds. The chair that signals power. The lamp that softens a character. The table where everything unravels. Set & Scene takes that same thinking and expands it across disciplines, bringing in theatre, immersive design and live experiences, where the relationship between audience and object becomes even more immediate.

The event itself is built around that exchange. Speaker sessions sit alongside informal conversations and networking, all designed to reflect how work actually happens across these industries: Collaborative, and increasingly shared.

Taking the Stage: Objects of Influence

Joining her are film and TV set decorator and graphic designer Neil Floyd (A Quiet Place Day One, Chernobyl, Panic Carefully, Close Personal Friends) and Chris Smith co-founder of BRND, who bring perspectives from the art department, live experience design and brand integration.

This is a subject at the heart of what we do at Film and Furniture. Objects in a scene are never neutral. A watch, a chair, a kitchen appliance. Each one is selected, positioned and framed to do a job. They communicate character, status, taste, and time period. Increasingly, they also operate in a second space, shaping how audiences perceive real brands.

The conversation will explore how designers and set decorators integrate real-world products into fictional environments without breaking the spell. How placement can deepen authenticity rather than distract from it. And how these decisions ripple outwards, influencing audience behaviour long after they leave the cinema or theatre.

As Paula Benson puts it: “We’re absolutely delighted to partner with Set & Scene. It’s an event that truly celebrates the narrative power of objects on screen, and the extraordinary creativity behind them. Moderating Objects of Influence feels like a natural extension of what we explore every day, and I’m looking forward to being in a room full of the people who build the worlds that inspire us all.”

Why attend Set & Scene 2026?

Film borrows from theatre. Theatre borrows from immersive experiences. Brands borrow from all of them. Meanwhile, the same workshops, suppliers and craftspeople move between sectors, often without the opportunity to share knowledge in a structured way.

Set & Scene exists because of that gap, drawing production designers, art directors, scenic artists, fabricators, VFX specialists, immersive designers and suppliers into a single environment designed for exchange. Not just inspiration, but practical insight that can be carried back into real projects.

It is also, refreshingly, grounded in making. Live demonstrations and showcases highlight the craft behind the work. The people who turn drawings into physical environments. The ones who make the impossible feel entirely plausible.

If you’re interested in production design, scenic art, stagecraft, creative production, or the wider world of making and building for performance and screen, it’s a fantastic opportunity to meet people across multiple creative sectors.

Win Tickets to Set & Scene 2026

As part of our partnership, we’re giving away three pairs of tickets to attend Set & Scene 2026.

If you work in, or are passionate about, production design, set decoration, scenic craft, or the broader world of film and interiors, this is one to be in the room for.

Simply follow the link below and enter your details before 6pm BST on Saturday 18th April – we’ll choose three winners at random, each receiving a pair of tickets:

Enter Set and Scene Tickets >

The Details
Event: Set & Scene 2026
Date: Saturday 25 April 2026
Time: 10.00am – 7.00pm
Location: Central Saint Martins, Granary Building, Granary Square, London

You can explore the sessions programme at Set and Scene Sessions.

Get your tickets: Set and Scene Tickets.

See you there.