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Terence Conran


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
October 04, 1931

Died
September 12, 2020

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Genre
Architecture & Design, Gardening & Cooking


Sir Terence Conran was educated at Bryanston School, Dorset, and trained as a textile designer at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Hand in hand with his much-publicized career as an arbiter of good taste for a whole generation goes a career in cookery and restaurant management. Having learned the basic skills in the kitchens of a two-star Parisian establishment, he opened several small restaurants in London.These were later sold to finance his fast-expanding furniture business, from which grew the hugely successful Habitat stores. No-one has had a greater influence on contemporary living style than Conran. From the outset of his career, in the brilliant era of the '60s, he devoted his talents to interpreting the home-making ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 1,318 ratings · 138 reviews · 190 distinct works • Similar authors
How to Live in Small Spaces...
3.57 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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Plain Simple Useful: The Es...
3.70 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions
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The Essential House Book
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions
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The House Book
4.39 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions
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Conran on Color
3.61 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Terence Conran's New House ...
4.07 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions
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Eco House Book
3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions
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Essential Small Spaces: The...
3.67 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Terence Conran Small Spaces...
3.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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The Essential Garden Book
4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions
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“The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.”
― Sir Terence Conran
tags: design
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“Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.”
― Terence Conran, Essential Storage: The Back to Basics Guide to Home Design, Decoration & Furnishing
tags: consumerism, organization, shopping, things
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“My philosophy is best summed up by the phrase 'plain, simple, and useful.' Such things may not win many design prizes, but neither do they go out of fashion.”
― Sir Terence Conran
tags: design
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