Talking Shop – Design, lifestyle and inspiration

Meet Catherine Sidwell, who not only manages the Gift List and Customer Service department at our Chelsea store, but also plans and arranges in-store events, writes and edits text for displays and looks after our new plants section.* This is…

Meet Rebecca Swinney, who joined The Conran Shop in October 2011 as Global Buyer for Decorative and Gift, which means everything from ceramics and glass to books and the SwiftyONE scooter:

Meet Leslie Dunoyer, e-commerce assistant at the Conran Shop Paris since March 2011 : ‘I became part of The Conran Shop family in 2006 – at the time, I was still a student (of product design) and worked part-time in the…

Meet Emmanuele Vinciguerra, who recently joined The Conran Shop in New York as its General Manager. Born in France, she has lived in the US for 15 years and was previously at Surevolution. Prior to that, Emmanuele was general retail…

Meet Simone John, Press Officer for our UK stores, who has worked for The Conran Shop for more than nine years:

Meet François Verdeau who joined the Furniture Department team at The Conran Shop Paris in June. Prior to that, François was in Stockholm, where he completed his training in product design.

Meet Ayo Ogunde, Global Web Designer/design guru who has transformed our website since joining The Conran Shop in May. Ayo has spent the past six years working across marketing, digital and graphic design and was previously at Hunter and Fitflop.

Meet Ann Elize Waller, who joined The Conran Shop New York in May this year as Department Manager:

Meet Scott Darbon, who has worked for The Conran Shop for four years and is a Senior Merchandiser, responsible for Upholstery, Cabinet, Vintage, Lighting, Bedshop and Textiles.

Meet Sandrine Maury-Besson, Head of Communications for The Conran Shop Paris since 2007. Before that, she was with Habitat for nine years and has worked with various PR agencies and as a freelancer, always in the lifestyle and interiors field.