Sir Terence Orby Conran (1931) is an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. Conran left college to take up a job with Dennis Lennon’s architectural company, which had been commissioned to make a 1/4 scale interior of a Princess Flying Boat.] Conran started his own design practice in 1956 with the Summa furniture range and designing a shop for Mary Quant. In 1964 he opened the first Habitat shop in Chelsea with his third wife Caroline Herbert, which grew into a large chain selling household goods and furniture in contemporary designs.

Sir Terence Orby Conran (1931) is an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer.

Conran left college to take up a job with Dennis Lennon’s architectural company, which had been commissioned to make a 1/4 scale interior of a Princess Flying Boat.]

Conran started his own design practice in 1956 with the Summa furniture range and designing a shop for Mary Quant. In 1964 he opened the first Habitat shop in Chelsea with his third wife Caroline Herbert, which grew into a large chain selling household goods and furniture in contemporary designs.

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