Sir Terence Conran, who was best known for founding the homewares chain Habitat in 1964, died on Saturday at his Berkshire home, Barton Court, according to a family statement.

Born in Kingston upon Thames in 1931, Conran began his career by making and selling furniture in London. Habitat went on to form the foundations of a retail empire that spanned brands such as Mothercare, Heal’s, Richard Shops and BHS.

A designer and restaurateur as well as a retailer, Conran was at the centre of the aesthetic revolution of the 1960s.