African cloth/western style
How exciting is this new label by Mick Lindberg called ‘Nondo’. It epitomises Tablet’s passion for beautiful things that are beautifully made. It is also the perfect beginning for our narrative on weaving and textiles which has instinctively always been the basis of our decision to buy the collections we buy, but has now crystallized into a...
Local Organic Cotton Producers in Mali
Sarah Hickson is a photographer who has recently been in Mali exploring the country’s creative talent. As we look towards individual designers and small enterprises to inspire and work with, Sarah’s excellent photo journal blog’s gives us eyes and ears on the ground. Her time spent with women weavers and designer Awa Meiti, corresponds with...
Kantha Quilts
Kantha comprises of the simplest stitch in the language of embroidery - the running stitch. It is the way in which this stitch is used, in different arrangements, that forms the complex vocabulary of kantha.
Marquis Toliver @Leighton House – Holland Park
After more than a century as a museum, one of the capital’s best-kept secrets, is open to the public following a refurbishment which has restored the ambience it boasted when Leighton died there in his simple bedroom in 1896. It’s been a painstaking task. Floors and walls have been stripped; original decorative schemes have been...
The ‘Hand’ Sale
We are joining the exclusive hand picked selection of designers and sellers at Gail and Suzanne’s bi yearly bazaar. Here you’ll find unusual and beautiful clothes, jewellery and furniture from some of the very bestkept secret artisans in London. The 20th Century Theatre Westbourne Grove, London W11 Thursday 19th June from 6pm till 9pm...
No. 1 Zenoria Street, East Dulwich, London, SE22 8HP
We love this 18thcentury horse and coach house, filled to the rafters with chandeliers. Its the perfect place for us to show Autumn/Winter 09. The East Dulwich Warehouse, is the quirky south london store at the above address. Its off the beaten track away from the standard high street fare, and is a real find...
Bamboo bikes from Ghana
I love anything that comes from Ghana! My latest infatuation are the Black Star football team! “The New Brazil” I was born in Ghana and grew up there until I was 12, so I might be slightly biased, but its not only me and other nationalists who thinks that Ghanaians are incredibly creative. Indeed, for...
Gretle Blagg / Artist
What I like best about London are the secret things that lie happily hidden away until some synchronised moment reveals them to someone who tells someone else until we all find out and somewhere else in London the same thing is happening all over again. Hidden away in south east London in a unusually original...
Pop-Up Weekend Shop Dec 8th 2007
The Arches! One of our earliest Pop-Up shops at the ‘WhirledArt’ cinema and studio arches in Loughborough Junction, London. Inspite of the wind and rain last weekend the shop was a huge success!. On what must have been the busiest weekend of the year it was so good to see everyone and hear how much you...
Drawing Inspiration
THIS IS THE AGE OF FEMININE DRAWING A new book highlighting the prevalence and importance of the female hand in our modern culture. The Age of Feminine Drawing showcases works from some of the most talented male & female artists in the world. Tablet commissioned Marta Munez to draw her impressions of Tablet’s style. My favorite ones...