[citation needed] From 1976-77 he worked as a general factotum and roadie with Punk band The Clash, designing clothes, posters, promotional material, record sleeves and stage sets.
[citation needed] On graduating in 1978, Conran joined corporate and brand identity consultancy Wolff Olins.
[citation needed] He established product and brand development consultancy Sebastian Conran Associates in 1985.
[2] In 2009, he re-established the design company Sebastian Conran Associates as managing director, based in west London.
He has separately collaborated with cooks like Nigella Lawson and Ken Hom to create their own homewares brands and designed products for department store chain John Lewis.
From 1995-98 Sebastian Conran was visiting lecture in the Furniture department of London's Royal College of Art.