Sebastian Conran raids the archive for Habitat’s 60 Years of Design collection of vintage re-issues

It has been 60 years since Terence Conran’s Habitat swept through suburban Britain, unloading French cookware, bentwood rocking chairs and duvets (then known as continental quilts) on an unsuspecting populace still clutching their eiderdowns.

The brand’s 1964 launch was a seismic event in the logbook of domestic life.

Here, in 6,000 square feet of homeware heaven on Fulham Road, you could service a more