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'''Sebastian Orby Conran''' (born 5 April 1956) is a British [[designer]].▼
| name = Sebastian Conran
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|04|05}}
| birth_name = Sebastian Orby Conran
| birth_place = London
| nationality = British
| occupation = {{indented plainlist|
* Designer
* Entrepreneur
* Inventor
}}
| education = [[Bryanston School]]
| alma_mater = [[Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design]]
| father = [[Terence Conran]]
| mother = [[Shirley Conran]]
| relatives = {{plainlist|
* [[Jasper Conran]] (brother)
* [[Sophie Conran]] (half-sister)
}}
| partner = [[Georgina Godley]]
| known for = {{indented plainlist|
* Founder of Sebastian Conran Associates
* Founder of Universal Expert
* Founder of Consequential Robotics
* Founder of Indusiviti
* Chairman of Conran & Partners
* Chairman of Conran Foundation
}}
}}
▲'''Sebastian Orby Conran''' (born 5 April 1956) is a British [[designer]], entrepreneur and inventor.
== Early life ==
Sebastian Conran was born in London,{{r|self}}{{self-published inline|date=September 2017}} the son of British designer, restaurateur and retailer [[Terence Conran]] and Superwoman author [[Shirley Conran
==
In 2009 Conran co-founded homewares brand Universal Expert for the design and international supply of homewares collections. He has separately collaborated with cooks like [[Nigella Lawson]] and [[Ken Hom]] to create their own homewares brands and designed products for department store chain
[[John Lewis (department store)|John Lewis]].<ref name="designweek" />
Other clients have included home appliance company [[Belling]], retailers [[Marks & Spencer]] and Sainsbury's, [[Ford Motor Company]] and luxury goods company [[Connolly Leather]], among others.
Sebastian Conran is a trustee of the [[Design Museum]] in London.<ref>[http://designmuseum.org/media/item/74154/1727/Sebastian-Conran-Press-Release.pdf Sebastian Conran is reappointed a Trustee of the Design Museum]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Press release, [[Design Museum]], London, UK, November 2008</ref> and is a member of the Council of the UK [[Design Council]].<ref name="designcouncil" />▼
In 2014 he co-founded and became Chief Executive Officer of Consequential Robotics with Professor Tony Prescott and Dr Ben Mitchinson of the [[University of Sheffield]], which brings Sheffield together with the universities of Bristol and Edinburgh.
In 2015 he co-founded robotics wheelchair start-up Indusiviti and remains Design Director.
Since the death of his father in 2020 Conran has been chairman of multidisciplinary design group Conran & Partners and the Conran Foundation, a charity set up in 1980 to promote public education in design as a way of boosting quality of life.
== Academic career ==
From 1995-98 Sebastian Conran was visiting lecture in the Furniture department of London's [[Royal College of Art]]. From 2008-12 he was visiting professor in the Innovation faculty of [[University of the Arts London]] and from 2011-17 was Designer in Residence in the Engineering faculty of the [[University of Sheffield]]. In 2017 he was appointed Visiting Professor of Design and Innovation at [[Bristol Robotics Laboratory]].
== Academic awards ==
Sebastian Conran has been awarded the following academic honours:
Fellow of the Institute of Minerals, Materials and Mining
Fellow [hon] of the Royal College of Art
Fellow [hon] of University of the Arts London
Fellow [hon] of Arts University Bournemouth
Hon DEng from The University of Sheffield
, 2012 Doctor of Technology [hon] from [[Loughborough University|University of Loughborough]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Graduates and University Medallists {{!}} Graduation {{!}} Loughborough University |url=https://www.lboro.ac.uk/students/graduation/honorary-graduates/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.lboro.ac.uk}}</ref>
PhD Design [hon] from UWE Bristol
PhD Arts [hon] from Hertfordshire University
== Honorary roles ==
▲Sebastian Conran is a trustee of the [[Design Museum]] in London.<ref>[http://designmuseum.org/media/item/74154/1727/Sebastian-Conran-Press-Release.pdf Sebastian Conran is reappointed a Trustee of the Design Museum]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Press release, [[Design Museum]], London, UK, November 2008</ref> and
From 2008-11 he was a Trustee of the UK [[Design Council]] [[Design Council]].<ref name="designcouncil" />
He chaired the Design & Technology Alliance, set up by the UK Government to tackle crime through design, from 2007–11 and [[Innovate UK]]'s Technologies Innovation Network from 2008-2014. He also chaired Innovate UK's Design Special Interest Group from 2013-16.
From 2012-16 he chaired the steering committee of Design in Action Scotland.
== Professional organisations ==
Sebastian Conran is a Fellow of [[Royal Society of Arts]] and of the Chartered Society of Designers.
==See also==
* [[Moley Robotics|Robotic kitchen design]]
== References ==
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