Talking Shop – Design, lifestyle and inspiration

The Bank Holiday is almost here – hurrah! To round off the week, here are some stunning shots of our new Flagship Collection, unashamedly intended to entice you to visit us at our relaunched Chelsea store and succumb to these seductive…

These three drop dead gorgeous designs by Russell Pinch are the latest additions to our collection of furniture and accessories that are handmade in the UK. Deceptively simple, they each have subtle decorative details that quietly enhance without ‘shouting’ and give…

Unmissable and unmistakable in many of the images of our newly re-launched Chelsea store, Isamu Noguchi’s elegant Akari lights are now also available online…

The Flo bar stool by Patricia Urquiola – how can a design simultaneously satisfy two seemingly conflicting desires: for minimalism and purity, and for traditional/rustic/honest materials and pattern?

Isn’t this absolutely adorable? It’s called the Juno Spherovelo (essentially a ‘ball bike’) and has gorgeous Junoesque curves in lightweight, but hard-wearing nylon, plus a solid wooden handle. Made by the Henley-on-Thames-based company Early Rider, which specialises in pre-school bikes, it is…

More Conran blue-inspired pieces today, this time Sue Binn’s stoneware pottery, which has a wonderful tactile quality that, sadly, cannot be appreciated in an image; you’ll have to pop into the store and cradle one of her mugs in your…

Brand new and exclusive to The Conran Shop, the limited edition SwiftyONE Chrome is now available online and in our stores:  

Today we’re singing the blues – The Conran Shop blues – as we unveil some of the new accessories arriving soon at our Chelsea store. Blue is big at The Conran Shop this spring. The inspiration was not our local…

We love this book! A total treat for anyone interested in good design and where to find it, Max Fraser’s London Design Guide 2012-2013 combines need-to-know information (with the occasional pithy observation) about retailers and auction houses, galleries and museums, plus…

…and in with the new. As we write this, our winter sale is entering its final hours online while, in store, our visual merchandising team is starting to prepare the windows for our new display, Into the Woods, showcasing furniture…