Terence Conran

Terence Conran is one of the world’s best-known designers, restaurateurs and retailers. Born in 1931, he founded the Habitat chain of home furnishings stores that revolutionised the UK High Street in the 1960s and 1970s by bringing intelligent, modern design within reach of the general population. Today he is Chairman of the Conran Group which owns restaurants, shops and hotels in exciting cities around the world and has a thriving architecture and design practice Conran & Partners, who work on major projects worldwide with a particular focus on Asia where they are working on major projects in India, Japan, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur. Terence’s most recent ventures are Boundary in Shoreditch which is a restaurant, roof top bar & grill, café and boutique hotel as well as a large restaurant and bar on Fleet Street called Lutyens with a members club and four private dining rooms. He has written over 50 informative books selling over 30 million copies of his publications worldwide. www.conran.com