Polly Dickens joins Habitat as creative director

Dickens, who was at the Conran Shop for seven years, has also previously worked as design director at Anthropologie.

Former Habitat creative director Theo Williams joined John Lewis as design manager in its interior design team in October.

Habitat was bought by new owner Home Retail Group in June, with the company saying that the in-house design team would stay on during the ‘transitional period’.