Terence Conran's new book, Inspiration, starts with the design icon's own home and explains what he sees, what he has seen, and what we should look for in good design.
It's part-visual biography, part-guided tour of what has inspired him throughout his varied career. People say that the most successful homes are those that are the most invigorating - those that make you feel good.
This must be true of Barton Court, the house in Berkshire where Conran has made his country home since 1977.
It has been a family home, a base for his Habitat Design business, a factory and studio for producing furniture, a laboratory for testing recipes and writing cookery books, and has a working garden, supplying produce for his restaurants.
Inspirationby Terence Conran is published by Conran Octopus, €59.