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Habitat (a trading name of Argos Limited) is a brand of household furnishings in the United Kingdom and the main homewares brand within the Sainsbury's group.. Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before the latter sold Habitat to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992.
Sir Terence Orby Conran CH RDI FCSD (4 October 1931 – 12 September 2020) was a British designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. [1] He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989. [ 2 ]
Terrance Conran's Habitat, founded in 1964, came about to service a growing number of affluent consumers, intent on purchasing a cost-efficient interior presented in ready-to-made rooms. The first Habitat catalogue in 1966 was marketed as a guide to decorating a home and not just a telling tool.
Conran Octopus is a division of Octopus Publishing Group, a cross-platform illustrated book publisher. Including architecture, design and gardening. [ 1 ] It was founded in 1984 by Sir Terence Conran and Paul Hamlyn , and publishes about eight titles a year.
A poster, based on a 1928 Heal's advertisement by R. P. Gossip, was created by Conran Design group artist Helen Senior to advertise the newly redeveloped store. [72] Conran himself updated the Heals four poster emblem, [10] and Susan Goodden was commissioned to write a history of Heal's. [73]
Bowl with painted relief decoration, c. 1760, hard-paste porcelain This Massimiliano Soldani, Pietà, c. 1745, from a modello of 1711–13 is perhaps the largest early Doccia piece, over 3 feet wide, and moulded in 18 sections [1] Part of tea-service, 1750s – the designs of playing naked boys are adapted from the print series Les jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance ("The games and pleasures of ...
Ryman Conran, who did not highly value the Habitat chain, and apparently thought it was making a loss, agreed to the sale. [9] Ryman Conran retained Habitat's original factory in Thetford along with Conran Design Group. [10] In 1972, the Ryman brothers sold Ryman Conran to the Burton Group for £8 million. [11]
The Conran family, many of whom are designers. Pages in category "Conran family" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.