Ysenda Maxtone Graham

Dancing on Terence Conran’s grave

‘The Man Who Invented Design’ was a narcissistic psychopath who routinely stole other people’s ideas, say his former employees Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity

Terence Conran at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2005. [Getty Images] 
issue 18 December 2021

  • Terence: The Man Who Invented Design

    Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity Little

    Brown, pp. 336, £25

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