British designer Terence Conran has died at the age of 88, Dezeen reported on September 12, citing his family.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that British designer, retailer and restaurateur Sir Terence Conran has died peacefully today at his home in Barton Court,” the message said.
Conran’s relatives commented that he revolutionized British life.
“Sir Terence popularized the best of British design, culture and art around the world, and at the heart of everything he did was the simple belief that good design improves the quality of life for people,” they said.
Conran was the founder of The Conran Shop and Habitat, an international chain of stores, as well as the London Design Museum.
Furniture and other home furnishings created from Conran’s sketches became very popular in the UK in the late 1950s. It is believed that it was Conran who introduced the word lifestyle into the English lexicon, and in the early 1960s, European quilts and duvets were popularized on the Habitat network.
In 1989, Conran helped found the Design Museum in London, which in 2016 moved to the central metropolitan area of Kensington, home to some of the UK’s most famous museums.
“No one has done more to create modern Britain than Terence Conran. Throughout his career, he has been looking for ways to make life better for everyone, ”said former Director of the Design Museum Dejan Sudzic.
For his services, Conran was knighted and awarded the British Order of the Knights of Honor.