RIP Sir Terence.

[Cycleops]

Design icon and restaurateur Sir Terence Conran has died aged 88.
He was a leader of furniture design In the sixties and was among the first to introduce flat pack furniture to the U.K. He championed good design and founded the Design Museum in London featuring items from all walks of life and shows many innovative bikes:https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks/nevermind-the-bikes-do-we-need-a-cycle-revolution

 

[MontyVeda]

Conran!

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Conan!

 

[Archie_tect]

Jasper, that's barbaric.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Or his lesser-known brother Colon, but his output has been undistinguished, to say the least

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Conan the builder

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Or his lesser-known brother Colon, but his output has been undistinguished, to say the least

I heard it came to a full stop

 

[Bonefish Blues]

...but in all seriousness, he did more than any other single designer to improve design for the masses.

IIRC he was the person, via Habitat, who popularised them there foreign duvets, wasn't he?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I heard it came to a full stop

I think he avoided his other brother Semi, actually.

 

[Pale Rider]

I still have a kitchen/dining table I bought in Habitat in Tottenham Court Road, central London, about 40 years ago.

Simple black finish, but there is some design in that it folds in half length ways to function as a simple sideboard.

Ikea is packed full of modern designed furniture these days, but even as recently as the 1980s that type of furniture was not available other than in a few designer shops in London.

The difference with Habitat was some of the prices were affordable to an average wage earner.

 

[MontyVeda]

...but in all seriousness, he did more than any other single designer to improve design for the masses.

IIRC he was the person, via Habitat, who popularised them there foreign duvets, wasn't he?

You mean a continental quilt?

 

[Bonefish Blues]

You mean a continental quilt?

Aye them. It were all fields and blankets when I were a lad.

 

[AndyRM]

Legend. A hero of mine. It's near impossible to over-state his contributions to quality, affordable design.

 

[Oldhippy]

Used to work at the old Marquee Club in Soho, we had to clear it out and his restaurant took its place.

 

[swee'pea99]

It's hardly overstating the case to say that he single-handedly transformed the British 'indoors', not least by doing the groundwork for IKEA. The John the Baptist to IKEA's Messiah, you might say.