{"id":628710,"date":"2026-09-27T02:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/628710\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T02:44:24","slug":"conran-and-partners-becomes-us-design-co-operatives-first-european-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/628710\/","title":{"rendered":"Conran and Partners becomes US design co-operative\u2019s first European studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

The deal will see the Clerkenwell studio of the practice, which was set up 46 years ago by British designer and Habitat founder Terence Conran<\/a>, become DLR\u2019s first European outpost.<\/p>\n

The group now has 40 bases, mainly across the US but also in Dubai and Shanghai as well as its latest outlet in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

Conran\u2019s five partners \u2015 Tim Bowder-Ridger, Katy Clarke, Sebastian Conran, Simon Kincaid and Tina Norden \u2015 will stay on as principals.<\/p>\n

They will lead operations in the London and Hong Kong offices, each of which will trade as Conran and Partners, a DLR Group studio.<\/p>\n

The practice\u2019s 75 design professionals across London and Hong Kong will each have the opportunity to become DLR Group employee owners through the purchase of stock in the US company.<\/p>\n

Bowder-Ridger said the partners had been \u2018exploring how to take the practice further through a strategic partnership\u2019.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018We consistently found the same tension: growing bigger usually meant growing more corporate and losing the imagination of our boutique culture.<\/p>\n

\u2018DLR Group gave us a clear answer: more design resources, extended reach and the platform to grow without asking us to become something we\u2019re not.\u2019<\/p>\n

Norden said the opportunity for staff to become owners of the company was a key factor in the decision.<\/p>\n

\u2018The relationships we formed with DLR Group\u2019s leadership made it clear this was a cultural match,\u2019 she added.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our clients will see the same team, the same studio and the same sophistication of design \u2013 with the additional design resources and expertise of DLR Group\u2019s global platform.<\/p>\n

\u2018For our team, this opens new design and career opportunities in building types and geographic markets around the world.\u2019<\/p>\n

DLR Group chief executive Steven McKay said Conran and Partners was \u2018synonymous with luxury design in Europe and around the world\u2019.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018We both share a purposeful belief in the power of design to elevate the human experience.<\/p>\n

\u2018Conran and Partners adds a luxury design studio and a level of craft that immediately elevates our work for clients at the premium end of the market in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.\u2019<\/p>\n

McKay pledged to grow the London and Hong Kong studios \u2018to delight and exceed the expectations of the most sophisticated clients in the world\u2019.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018Conran and Partners will remain a distinct luxury boutique design studio within DLR Group. That distinction is precisely the point \u2013 and precisely what we intend to invest in.\u2019<\/p>\n

Design Museum founder Conran, who died in 2020 aged 88<\/a>, launched Conran & Partners \u2015 initially known as Conran Roche \u2013 with Milton Keynes mastermind Fred Lloyd Roche in 1980.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s latest published accounts show it plunged to a \u00a3714,832 pre-tax loss in the year to 30 March 2025, following a \u00a3200,989 profit in the prior 12 months.<\/p>\n

Conran and Partners\u2019 turnover grew from \u00a36.5 million to \u00a37.5 million over the same timescale.<\/p>\n

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