British furniture retailer Habitat has revealed its 60th-anniversary collection, which features collaborations with emerging designers alongside revived archive pieces like the chicken brick. More about Habitat brings back archive "classics" for 60th anniversary collection
British furniture retailer Habitat has announced that it will be closing two of its London locations at the start of next year, including its global flagship on Tottenham Court Road. More about Habitat to close flagship store on London's Tottenham Court Road after more than half a century
IKEA, Habitat and Heal's are among the brands named in PETA's first Vegan Homeware Awards, which recognise the best cruelty-free designs for the home. More about PETA awards IKEA, Habitat and Heal's for vegan design
Feature: the first branch of Habitat opened its doors 50 years ago today, changing the British public's relationship with furniture and homeware forever. But can the shop that brought flat-pack furniture, the duvet and the wok to the UK make a come back, asks Dezeen editor Anna Winston (+ slideshow).
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New Habitat creative director Polly Dickens has unveiled her first full collection, 18 months after the household furnishings chain went into administration and closed all but three of its UK stores (+ slideshow + interview). More about New collection aims to take Habitat "back to what it was many years ago"
Dezeen Wire: retailers Habitat have appointed Polly Dickens as their new creative director. Dickens was previously creative director at the Conran Shop and design director at Anthropologie.
Habitat was bought by Home Retail Group and closed all but three of its UK stores in June last year, as reported on Dezeen Wire. More about Habitat appoint Polly Dickens as creative director
Dezeen Wire: a new exhibition documenting the career of Terence Conran has provoked a flurry of media interest in the man who founded retail brand Habitat and London's Design Museum. More about Critics' reactions to Terence Conran: The Way We Live Now at the Design Museum
Dezeen Wire: Elle Decoration editor Michelle Ogundehin has declared British furniture brand Habitat "as good as dead" in an article on the magazine's blog, stating "I give it two years max" – read the blog post
Ogundehin says that the retailer, which closed all but three of its UK stores earlier this year, failed to react to competition within the market and "increasingly misunderstood 'Lifestyle'," its key selling point. She claims that Habitat has lost its original focus on innovation and simplicity, and rubbishes plans by current owners the Home Retail Group to sell Habitat products at Argos and Homebase outlets, adding that their one remaining interest is to "flog stuff."
See our previous story on Habitat going into administration.
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Dezeen Wire: with 30 Habitat stores in the hands of administrators, the Guardian's Andy Beckett asks how this iconic British design retailer can be saved - Guardian
Dezeen Wire: thirty UK branches of furniture chain Habitat are to go into administration as part of a deal involving the sale of the brand and the three London stores, the BBC reports.
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London designer Tim Fishlock has put together a limited-edition book for design brand Habitat, featuring twenty removable large-format prints by artists including Anthony Burrill and Shepard Fairey. More about 50by70 by Tim Fishlock for Habitat
New Designers 08: Here are three projects exhibited by Japanese designer Naoko Kanehira at New Designers in London last week. More about Naoko Kanehira at New Designers
They seem to be popular, so here are some more celeb-designed products from Habitat's VIP for Kids range. More about Kate Winslet designs for Habitat
Marc Newson is among celebrities who have contributed designs to Habitat's new VIP for Kids range. More about Marc Newson designs toy for Habitat