Talking Shop – Design, lifestyle and inspiration

In this month’s interiors mags, there’s an abundance of beautiful wood – floors, furniture, accessories – and classic designs, including the lesser-spotted Eames DKR wire chair, below, in a home to die for…

We are huge fans of rugs of all kinds, so wonderfully useful, adding texture and colour – or pulling a colour scheme together – creating zones within open-plan spaces and warming a cool floor. Visit us at our Chelsea store (do – quite apart from all…

Our second look at what’s in the interiors mags this month kicks off with this dramatic black and white decorating scheme in Livingetc, which offers the first of two timely reminders that the majority of our upholstered pieces are available…

In our first look at this month’s interiors magazines, we start with Elle Decoration where, along with Michelle Ogundehin’s rousing Editor’s letter, calling for Equal Rights for Design (backed by our own Get Real campaign; more on this later this week), there is…

Our second look at this month’s magazines includes clippings from our US and French colleagues, but first, from House & Garden, another property where the exterior belies the interior (see our previous In the Press): It’s hard to believe this…

This month’s interiors magazines are awash with strong colour and there are patterns galore – florals, birds, geometrics – but that’s not the whole story…

There’s been an interesting array of Conran Shop products in the press this week, from utility to luxe, spanning eight decades and costing from a few pounds to a few thousand:

Our second look at the press this month is a totally random selection of products, people and photography that piqued our interest: Elle Decoration’s comprehensive guide to bathrooms includes a section dedicated to creating a tranquil bathing space (yes, please!)…

Our first look at the month’s new interiors magazines and once again we encounter an eclectic mix of pastels, strong colours and moody monochromes – but who’s complaining?! If money and space permitted, we’d try them all. In Homes &…

Terence Conran appears in today’s Metro, talking about his design philosophy, the people who inspire him, the components for the perfect interior – and how he would solve the unemployment problem… If you missed it, read the text in full, below: