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Design Dialogues – Supper Club @ Vitra

Posted - 23 September 2025

During the 17th edition of London Design Festival, we partnered with Vitra to host a one-night event in the brand’s Tramshed showroom, part dinner, part exhibition, and part live conversation. This special Vitra edition of our ongoing Design Dialogues series reimagined how design can be experienced; not just through finished objects, but through dialogue, sketches, and shared moments.

A dinner shaped by dialogue

Across three long tables, designers, journalists, and industry friends came together for a family-style dinner designed to spark conversation. The menu, created by Charles Bryant, combined Michelin-trained precision with a generous, communal style, the perfect backdrop for discussions that moved between personal stories, design practice, and future ideas.

Sketches as a language of design

Running through the curtained space was a new edition of the Design Dialogues sketch series, this time dedicated to Vitra. Contributions from Erwan Bouroullec, Julie Richoz, Raw Edges, and Panter&Tourron, all past collaborators of Vitra, revealed design in its most immediate form. The use of sketches helped transform complex design stories into something simpler, accessible and engaging, prompting curiosity and dialogue that carried beyond the physical Vitra pieces on display. Guests were also invited to join the conversation through their own sketch cards, dissolving the line between audience and exhibitor.

Vitra’s evolving story

The event coincided with Vitra’s renewed focus on the Eames Collection, presenting fresh colours, materials, and finishes. It underlined how heritage design is not fixed, but continually reinterpreted for new generations whilst remaining anchored to its origins.

Vitra’s recents

Alongside the sketches, products from each designer were also on display, from modular sofas and ergonomic seating to colour-framed mirrors and hand-dyed ceramics, highlighting the breadth of Vitra’s current collaborations.

Anagram Sofa

The Anagram sofa is composed of modular elements designed as islands that can connect on all four sides. Modules can be fitted with backrests, side panels, or attachable tables, allowing endless configurations. Its fabric covers are easily removable for cleaning or replacement. Each component is kept separate, with no gluing, laminating, or foaming, making the sofa simple to disassemble, recycle, or dispose of responsibly at the end of its life.

Mynt Chair

The Mynt chair responds intuitively to the body with a patented, weight-activated mechanism that tilts forward or backward independently of the backrest. A sleek four- or five-star base supports a curved backrest that flows into discreet armrests and an inviting seat, adaptable to both office and home environments. With up to 86% recycled content and 99% recyclability, Mynt also features Vitra’s innovative V-Foam upholstery, delivering comfort, versatility, and environmental responsibility.

Colour Frame Mirrors

Available in three sizes, the Colour Frame Mirrors are defined by wooden frames composed of four sides in contrasting hues. From bold, vibrant colourways to subtle, understated palettes, each version is carefully balanced so the tones remain harmonious. The frame’s depth makes it both decorative and functional — a surface to rest keys or eyewear, or a striking accent on the wall. Grouped together, the mirrors can be arranged horizontally or vertically to form unique compositions where colours interact and overlap.

Herringbone Vessels

The Herringbone Vessels by Raw Edges are ceramic bowls and vases shaped through an immersion-dyeing technique that produces a distinct diagonal motif unique to each piece. Individually dipped and crafted by hand, the outcome is guided by angle, weight, and form. Part of the wider Herringbone Collection with Vitra, the vessels translate experimental textile-dyeing processes into ceramics, resulting in functional yet expressive centrepieces for contemporary interiors.

Beyond the room

Though just 30 guests attended in person, the evening was captured by @adamwshoots with styling by @caileyhartshorn, extending its reach to a wider global audience. For us, the night reaffirmed a belief that design is best understood when shared, through conversation, sketches, and community, as much as through the objects themselves.

Our thanks to Vitra for opening their doors, to the contributors who shaped this edition of Design Dialogues, and to everyone who joined us in making the evening a reflection of our values: curiosity, collaboration, and design as dialogue. Thanks also to our friends at UMI and Ghost Labs for providing the drinks that kept the conversations flowing.

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