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We are Conran, and we have a new blog… 19 Sep 2012 | 06:10 pm
‘What’s Going on at Conran?’ was launched in spring 2010 to show off everything we do at Conran, and what goes into it. Over time, it’s expanded to much more than that – a place for sharing our opinio...
The Design Museum breaks new ground 18 Sep 2012 | 06:34 pm
“This is one of the best days of my long life.” So said Terence Conran at the ground breaking ceremony for the new home of the Design Museum at the Commonwealth Institute, Kensington. The Museum’s lea...
Benjamin Hubert and Natasha Daintry at The Conran Shop 17 Sep 2012 | 04:46 pm
Missed out on The Conran Shop’s RED design talks last week, or enjoyed them so much you’re hungry for more? You’re in luck. Next Saturday, The Conran Shop will end its London Design Festival festiviti...
White goods no longer 14 Sep 2012 | 02:44 pm
Jared Mankelow, Senior Product Designer at Conran Studio, spent last week amongst the fridges and flatscreens at consumer electronics show IFA Berlin. He kindly offered to share his thoughts on where ...
Gordon’s Q&A with Terence Conran 13 Sep 2012 | 07:21 pm
To celebrate the launch of our Ten Green Bottles collaboration, we went over to Diageo HQ for some lovely elderflower and strawberry G&Ts. Here’s the Conran work in pride of place in Diageo’s receptio...
Introducing…Ten Green Bottles 13 Sep 2012 | 01:00 pm
In 1962, a young Terence Conran took on one of his first independent design projects. The chairman of wine merchant Harveys of Bristol, George McWatters, asked Terence’s Conran Design Group to review ...
RED designer talks at The Conran Shop 10 Sep 2012 | 04:34 pm
We spent this morning in a post-Olympics doldrums, wondering what on earth we are going to do with ourselves, and then remembered: London Design Festival kicks off this weekend! At Conran, we’re pulli...
D&D London’s big month 7 Sep 2012 | 09:25 pm
Caterer and Hotelkeeper has a big interview with Des Gunewardena and David Loewi, the men at the top of D&D London, in their latest issue. The focus is firmly on South Place Hotel and the Old Bengal W...
Friday Tip: A little show in Mayfair 7 Sep 2012 | 02:47 pm
Today’s tip is for an exhibition opening next Tuesday at 54 The Gallery, Mayfair, and comes from Hannah Cowley, an architect at Conran and Partners’ Brighton office. My dad is exhibiting his paintings...
Seeing red 6 Sep 2012 | 06:46 pm
We’re delighted to announce RED, an exhibition The Conran Shop will be holding throughout the 2012 London Design Festival, which kicks off a week tomorrow. The exhibition – at The Conran Shop’s flagsh...
