Talking Shop – Design, lifestyle and inspiration

Save the date – both of our London stores will be hosting events on Saturday 26 May: This is, without a doubt, the summer of the shed and, to tie in with our new window display and the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s Artisan Retreats (see…

Our all-new Chelsea store was unveiled last night – an oasis of calming colours and stunning designs – and the response from our customers and guests was fabulous; lots of happy, relaxed people wandering around, exploring different areas and sitting down and…

Hot off the press: here is a preview of what visitors to The Conran Shop Chelsea can expect to see tomorrow night at the launch party for our Flagship Collection and a whole new look for the store. If you…

Sign up for our Gift List service before 31 May 2012 and we’ll not only add another 10% to its total value when closed, we’ll deliver your gifts for free and enter you into a draw to win one of…

Global Buying Director for The Conran Shop, Paul Middlemiss, and his buying team have just got back from this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the most important furniture fair of the year. ‘This year, the fair was buzzing,’ says…

Last night we officially launched the Get Real campaign at our Marylebone store – with help from Terence Conran, Elle Decoration’s editor Michelle Ogundehin (whose Equal Rights for Design campaign we are supporting), representatives from the licensed manufacturers of our Conran Classic furniture (including Knoll,…

Our stores are open today and tomorrow, closed on Sunday and then re-open at 11am on Monday, when our Marylebone store will be unveiling its new window display, a celebration of genuine design classics – come along and find out more…

This month’s Elle Decoration hit the newsstands yesterday and with it, Michelle Ogundehin’s Editor’s letter, shown here, which takes the Equal Rights for Design campaign (instigated by Michelle) to new heights, and is backed, and complemented, by our own exciting…

It all began last summer when Samantha Cameron bought this lamp, the 1962 Arco floor lamp by Achille Castiglioni – or rather a copy of it – for the Downing Street flat, prompting the editor of Elle Decoration, Michelle Ogundehin, to post…

To round off the week, here are the winners of our Modern Love Letter competition and thanks again to everyone who posted their videos on our Facebook Wall of Love – lots of fun! Congratulations to: Celina Mann from Portsmouth