British designer Conran passed away: ‘of radical influence on how we live’

In 1955, the Algemeen Dagblad had already been amazed by the designer’s home furnishings: one large room in which the kitchen, sitting room and dining room merged. The newspaper considered it ideal for the housewife (“she can do her job while still keeping an eye on the little ones”), although Conrad warned that older people often couldn’t get used to it: “A matter of tradition. set a room for this and a room for that. “)

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