This week British designer Terence Conran passed away
This week on Dezeen, Habitat and Design Museum founder Terence Conran passed away and London Design Festival took place. More about This week British designer Terence Conran passed away
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Thomas Heatherwick leads tributes to "mentor and lifelong friend" Terence Conran
British designer Thomas Heatherwick is one of the numerous designers to have paid tribute to Habitat and Design Museum founder Terence Conran who passed away last week. More about Thomas Heatherwick leads tributes to "mentor and lifelong friend" Terence Conran
Visionary British designer Terence Conran dies
British designer Terence Conran, founder of furniture brand Habitat and London's Design Museum, has died at the age of 88. More about Visionary British designer Terence Conran dies
Kirkwood McCarthy creates earthy interior for Terence Conran's new restaurant Wilder
Legendary British designer Terence Conran has opened a restaurant in east London, where a menu of foraged food is complemented by natural tones and grassy installations. More about Kirkwood McCarthy creates earthy interior for Terence Conran's new restaurant Wilder
Terence Conran and Amanda Levete recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours 2017
Terence Conran, Amanda Levete and Asif Khan are among the British architects and designers who have been awarded in the Queen's Birthday Honours for their services to the industry. More about Terence Conran and Amanda Levete recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours 2017
Terence Conran: UK government must support the design sector in face of Brexit
Brexit: legendary British designer Terence Conran says the UK's "belligerent, cocksure" designers can remain competitive outside of the EU, as long as they have government support. More about Terence Conran: UK government must support the design sector in face of Brexit
Jasper Conran steps down as Conran Holdings chairman
Business news: British designer Jasper Conran has resigned from his position as head of the family business, less than two years after taking over Conran Holdings from his father Terence. More about Jasper Conran steps down as Conran Holdings chairman
Crafts Council launches education manifesto as protestors battle to save crafts degree
News: Terence Conran, Grayson Perry and Kevin McCloud have backed a manifesto from the UK's Crafts Council calling on the government to protect craft skills, as protestors try to save a degree course at one of Britain's leading arts universities. More about Crafts Council launches education manifesto as protestors battle to save crafts degree
Habitat's half century
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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Sir Terence Conran invites communities to design housing
Dezeen Wire: Sir Terence Conran is launching a competition with the British government to give communities the chance to design housing for their local areas. More about Sir Terence Conran invites communities to design housing
Conran's designs "don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life"- The Guardian
Dezeen Wire: in his latest article for The Guardian, architecture and design critic Rowan Moore interviews Terence Conran ahead of an exhibition dedicated to his career at the Design Museum, which opens on 16 November.In the article Moore suggest that Conran's greatest successes have been the businesses he's founded rather than the products or interiors he's designed, which Moore adds are "a little too managed, manipulated, packaged and don't quite communicate the fun he has got out of life, as if constrained by some invisible boundary."
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Terence Conran's 80th birthday celebrations
Dezeen Wire: Terence Conran turns 80 on 4 October and a major retrospective of Conran's career opens at the Design Museum on 16 November.A season of events celebrating his life and work will be launched with an evening at Tate Modern on Tuesday 20 September featuring a panel discussion with Stephen Bayley, Christopher Frayling and Fiona MacCarthy. More about Terence Conran's 80th birthday celebrations
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Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum
Dezeen Wire: co-founder of London's Design Museum Terence Conran has donated a cash gift of £7.5 million towards developing the museum's new home in south London. More about Terence Conran makes major gift to the Design Museum