HABITAT COLLABORATES WITH ICONIC AND EMERGING DESIGNERS FOR 60TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
11 August 2024
Habitat is proud to announce an upcoming collection in collaboration with a line-up of top design minds, launching in May 2024.
The 60 Years of Design collection is in celebration of the brand’s 60th birthday, including 60 exclusive design stories that have been curated for the modern home, with a range of furniture, tableware, textiles and accessories championing the brand’s past, present and future as one of Britain’s best-loved home and furniture retailers.
Habitat has united icons of the design scene including Sebastian Conran, Felix Conran, Margo Selby and Tord Boontje, with exciting emerging talent such as artist and designer Simone Brewster, ceramicist Silvia Kamodyova and furniture makers Planq.
Alongside the guest collaborators, the Habitat in-house design studio has reimagined classics from the brand’s extensive archives, as well as conceiving new and thoughtful pieces that represent future collectibles, and the next generation of design.
To round off the collection, Habitat has leveraged its long-standing relationship with the New Designers graduate show by inviting two former exhibitors, Callum Hall and Guy Selwood-Miller, to join the 60th collective.
“Habitat is renowned for flying the flag of British design, and to celebrate the last 60 years, we have collaborated with designers who are leaders in their fields as well as those who are setting future trends. Celebrating the past, present and future we have revisited and reimagined some of our most iconic products. The 60 Years of Design collection brings together a historic palette of primary colours, tactility and new materials to champion the next 60.”
Andrew Tanner, Head of Design
Collection highlights include furniture made from recycled denim by Netherlands-based Planq, hand painted terracotta ceramics by Sylvia Kamodyova, and the Compass Table lamp by Sebastian Conran, that explores how light travels through translucent materials and illustrates how light forms can be both functional and sculptural.
The 60 Years of Design collection also heralds the return of much-loved archive designs, reinvigorated with a modern-day twist by Habitat’s in-house design studio. Highlights include the 1964 Chicken Brick, Larsa bistro chairs and sculptural Ribbon light that originally launched in 2004 and has since become a coveted collectible.
The Habitat design team were inspired to develop considered and practical pieces that will serve our homes for decades to come, harnessing a range of styles and aesthetics across a number of curated stories. Hero designs include the colourful Lucinda garden furniture collection, the playful Cayan salt and pepper grinders and the Lattice chair, a bell-shaped 70s interpretation of latticed steelwork.
“Since 1964, Habitat has been making outstanding and accessible design for all, the 60 Years of Design collection is symbolic of this credibility, upholding our ethos of producing thoughtful, inventive, and affordable homeware and furniture. The affordable price points are essential to ensure that we continue to provide an interior destination for everyone, and we are proud to have the full Habitat offering available to more people in the UK than ever before, via habitat.co.uk, Sainsbury’s stores and Argos.”
Christine Kasoulis, Clothing, Home and Furniture Director
The exclusive Habitat 60 Years of Design collection launches online at habitat.co.uk and in selected Sainsbury’s stores in May 2024. Prices start from £4.
Full Roster of Guest Designers:
Margo Selby, Felix Conran, Guy Selwood-Miller, Tord Boontje, Simone Brewster, Planq, Silvia Kamodyova, Callum Hall and Habitat Designer in Residence, Sebastian Conran
Habitat In-house Designers:
Andrew Tanner, David Hutcheson, James Cottingham, Tom Sullivan, Will Hudson, Kate McCormack, Ross Mountford and D’arby Mawson.
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ABOUT HABITAT
Since its revolutionary beginnings in 1964, Habitat has made outstanding design for the home accessible to all by bringing thoughtful, inventive and affordable furniture and homewares to the UK. Today, customers can find Habitat’s high quality, affordable home products online at Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat, as well as in selected Sainsbury’s and Argos stores. Habitat is led by Product Director Hannah Mallett and is proud to fly the flag of British design with a talented in house-design studio comprising over 20 experts in their own fields from ceramicists and illustrators, to upholstery specialists and print designers.
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Habitat is widely available online at Habitat, Argos and Sainsbury's as well as in selected Argos and Sainsbury’s stores. Habitat's new Digital Showroom in Milton Keynes, features almost 290 top-requested home and furniture products, offers an immersive experience through 'Go In-Store' technology, allowing customers to explore and receive expert advice via video or chat services on Argos and Habitat.