Q & A: A sort of autobiograhy: A Sort of Autobiography (Harpercollins illustrated)

by TerenceConran (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.49

  Terence Conran's life has been extraordinarily full and varied, with several consistent interwoven strands established when he was a very young man. After studying at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, he helped design several projects for the 1951 Festival of Britain; he worked as a plongeur in a Paris restaurant during his first trip to France in 1953, soon afterwards opening his first restaurant, the Soup Kitchen, in London; and he opened his first shop, Habitat, on Kings Road in 1964. There are now Conran Shops in Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the USA. Conran restaurants, which in London include Bibendum, Bluebird, Quaglino's and Le Pont de la Tour, are also to be found in far-flung places. Conran still designs many of the items produced by the furniture design and manufacture company Benchmark; while Conran & Partners, his architecture and design practice, has an international reputation. This illustrated autobiography of one of the world's most best-known designers and entrepreneurs includes insights into his successes (and occasional failures), and questions contributed by members of Conran's family, friends and peers.