Maker&Son is famous for its range of aspirational sofas
(Picture: Maker & Son)Maker&Son, the luxury handmade sofa brand, is changing hands in a deal that is likely to mean another payday for members of the Conran family, famed for its association with entrepreneurial design businesses dating back to London’s swinging sixties.
Felix Conran is one of the founders of the company and belongs to the third generation of the clan to take a prominent role on the UK’s design scene. He set the business up with his father, Alex Willcock, who was married to Sophie Conran, Felix’s mother and the daughter of Sir Terence Conran as well as a successful designer in her own right. Habitat, founded by Sir Terence in 1964, changed the way London and the UK, shopped for homewares and made the Conran family name famous.
