Conran Group
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Sir Terence Conran FCSD |
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| Born |
4 October 1931 Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom |
| Education | Bryanston School, Dorset |
| Alma mater | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
| Occupation | Designer, restaurateur, retailer, writer |
| Known for | Habitat stores |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Conran (2nd), Caroline Herbert (3rd), Vicki Conran (4th) |
| Children | Jasper Conran, Sebastian Conran, Tom Conran, Sophie Conran, Edmund Conran |
| Relatives | Priscilla (sister) |
Sir Terence Orby Conran, FCSD (born 4 October 1931) is an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer.
Conran was born in Kingston upon Thames, the son of Christina Mabel (Halstead) and South African-born Gerard Rupert Conran, a businessman who owned a rubber importation company in East London. Conran was educated at Highfield School in Liphook, Bryanston School in Dorset and the Central School of Art and Design (now incorporated into Central St Martin's, a part of the University of the Arts, London), where he studied textiles and other materials.
Conran's first professional work came when he worked in the Festival of Britain (1951) on the main South Bank site. He 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, London, with his third wife Caroline Herbert, which grew into a large chain selling household goods and furniture in contemporary designs.
In the mid-1980s, Conran expanded Habitat into the Storehouse plc group of companies that included BhS, Mothercare and Heal's but in 1990 he lost control of the company.
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