Deafmessanger have reinvented the notebook with their cleverly created and nostalgia evoking designs and styles. Learn more about how creator Kucin was inspired to start the brand and the interesting
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Meet Jen from Wild Lines who's exquisite artwork is not only created with passion but also with a true love for nature and art. After a successful first time at Top Drawer learn more about Jen's artwo
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After a successful time at Top Drawer, Rock & Ruddle highly enjoy being at the show and meeting our community of buyers. The brand's beautiful hairbrushes make perfect gifts or personal treats as well
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Want to brighten up your childs clothes or backpack? Then look no further than Pachee's fun and creative fashion accessories which are sure to brighten any school bag or denim jacket.
Unwind with the help of Spritz Wellness calming self care products. The brand's passion for a balanced lifestyle and aromatherapy inspired their range of candles, body products and more - all with the
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If you like eye catching, unique home accessories then look no further than Design + Made who will be exhibiting in our Launchpad area next week. Marsha, the designer behind the boldly designed candle
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Discover the bold and unique jewellery from Biju Jewellery at the brand's first Top Drawer. The brand will be launching their new Medusa collection at the show which you don't want to miss, their inno
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Get ready to discover truly spellbinding interior accessories from Suzanne Oddy Design. These unique wall pieces add a mystical touch to home spaces, so be sure not to miss out on adding these pieces
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Scandinavian brand Elly Vvaller create delightful stationery and home goods in beautifully bold and bright prints. The brand prides itself on creating products which embody both simplicity and playful
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Spice Kitchen will be returning to Top Drawer this September having just won the Gift of the Year award! The brand's popular range of giftable spice sets are perfect for retailers to stock in the lead
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Each year Top Drawer aims to give emerging, new-to-market brands the opportunity to exhibitor to our community of top quality buyers. In the show’s collaboration with the University of Arts London, bu
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Alice created Ease London out of her passion for being environmentally conscious. Her phthalate and paraben free candle range make luxurious gifts as the beautifully packaged candles compliment stylis
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If you are looking for a cute gift, The Make Arcade's sets are perfect! Their sweet designs with catchy slogans are a great modern take on age old cross stitch.
Relax in comfortable but stylish scarves and kaftans from the Salisa's colourful range. The variety of prints and colours ensure there is a print for any customer making the pieces a key part of any f
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Keep on top of your tasks with Kariniti's clean and classic stationery. Top Drawer Spring was the brand's first time at the show and were overjoyed with the reception their products got!
Relax in comfort with Laize Longue's effortless stylish picnic mats that make outdoor socialising kinder on your body and more serene. Discover the colourful range of mats that fold conveniently makin
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Rumble Cards bright and bold card designs get the party going from the first opening of an envelope. Designer Jess has grown her business from selling on Etsy to meeting buyers at trade shows like Top
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The quirky but cute designs of the Original Duckhead umbrella are not only eye catching products but their sustainability makes them a customer favourite.
Blade & Rose returned to Top Drawer with their beautifully cute new Peter Rabbit collection. The brand's functional and fun designs are a great staple for any baby on the move.
Avalana Design's brings bold vibrant colours in to your home with eye catching wall murals and prints that are sure to transform the decor of any home.
Press Play Toys are bringing a new creative approach to children's toys with their innovative design, craft skills and imaginative play, making their products sure to be favourites with children of al
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Pamper your pooch with the all natural dog beauty products! Sniffe & Likkit have created a dog grooming range that uses gentle ingredients to keep your dog smelling sweetly and their fur glistening!
Customers looking for sustainable products are sure to fall for LIGA's seaside and nature-inspired kitchen and homeware products. Their neutral tones with a splash of colour bring the seaside to the d
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If you are looking for uniquely printed homewares then Made By Lottie Day has you covered. Her freshly simple designs bring nature, wildlife and food prints to everyday items from tea towels to napkin
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My Papercut Forest brings together intricate artistry and heartwarming scenes, which make great gifts and craft activities. With the brand also featuring in this year's Trend stand, creator Silvina is
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Enjoy scents inspired by the UK's landscapes and countryside created by Home County Candles Co. The husband and wife team have captured the beauty and tranquility of our country's landscapes wonderful
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If you are looking for relaxation and harmony, then look no further than Amaura London. Their simply stylish candles and reed diffusers ooze heavenly scents that calm the senses and bring tranquility
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Sisters Farheen and Ozma created FARO out of their passion for Indian artistry and colours due to their childhoods growing up in India. Their bright and bold home accessories and nightwear bring beaut
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Amelia at DUO-HUE used lockdown to start her business creating unique embroidery pieces and in a short amount of time her business has grown brilliantly! Having already been featured in design magazin
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If your brand is looking for exquisite paper to use for your products or advertising, then look no further that G . F Smith. With over 130 years of experience they know paper and it's production bette
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Innermost pride themselves on their designers innovative and contemporary designs, which bring a modern twist to tradition furniture and lights. Their design focused approach has made them one of the
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Bring nature into any space or area of your life with Katrina Sophia's charming range of plant inspired homeware and gifts. Drawing on her passion for the natural world, her illustrations being the ou
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Vurchoo was born out of creator Alex's drive to create beautiful jewellery that has a positive impact on the world. Inspired by the art of street children, Alex creates pieces which not only look styl
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When the pandemic hit Graphic Designer Jess Howard found a new way to bring her passions for print design and unique materials together by creating Matere Studio.
Dogs are no longer just pets but furry family members who deserve sumptuous, aesthetically pleasing beds, toys and accessories. Olive & Berry bring their passion for dogs and interiors together by cre
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Deadpan's truthfully refreshing cards range is sure to bring giggles and sarcastic eye rolls to any celebration. With the brand being born out of the creator's dislike for cringeworthy cards, Deadpan
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Victoria Eggs draws on childhood inspiration to create the designs on her homeware products. Coming from a fine art background Victoria creates intricate designs that add a sophisticated touch to even
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Blackmarket is a fresh sustainable start up that is making consumers re-think the way they buy handwash. The brand's dedication to eliminating single-use plastics from their products and allowing cons
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Discover the innovative sustainability ethos behind Coffeenotes from their Marketing Manager, Chess. The stationery brand may have only begun during the pandemic but they have an exciting future ahead
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Textile designer Hannah Refaat uses her British - Egyptian heritage as inspiration for her accessories collection. Drawing on Middle Eastern environments, colours, materials and techniques she has cre
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Ed Crispin launched his photography company Carpe Lumen at the end of 2019 having been a photographer for 25 years. From his experience he has created a range of greetings cards using his extensive ar
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CoconuTacha is a vibrant stationery brand consisting of bright and uplifting colour palettes sure to draw any stationery lover attention! Founder and Director Natacha started the business when she was
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Family run Haynes Gourmet was started by Charity Haynes along with her Father and Husband. It was birthed out of the family's love for Candied Jalapenos which they have now brought to the UK market.
RubyKite was created after friends Tamara and Joy began transferring Tamara's art prints in to textile designs and printing them on silk scarves. They wanted to create a brand focused on fashion longe
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Family run brand FRAAS treasures heritage, passion and tradition at the centre of it's business practices and product creation. Along with ensuring their woven jacquards are sustainable the company us
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Since 2003 Branch Jewellery have been creating stunning wooden jewellery in timeless styles and bold designs. The brand focuses on using sustainable practices including Fair Trade for their suppliers,
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As the world slowed down during 2020 due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, Sally Tettersell began her retro inspired surface pattern design business. Drawing on childhood memories which helped
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Can you give an introduction to who you are and who/what your brand is and how long your brand has been around for? Is this your first Top Drawer? Hello, we’re Keisha & Amit, the wife & husband team
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Can you give an introduction to who you are and who/what your brand is and how long your brand has been around for? Is this your Top Drawer? My name is Jessica McLean and I am the owner of SKIN LUX CO
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With non-essentials stores across the country set to reopen in just a few weeks, Visual Merchandising Specialist and Founder of Dot to Dot, Kat Maclennan shares her top 5 tips for a successful reopeni
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Started by flower delivery company, Bloom & Wild in 2019, the Thoughtful Marketing Movement has grown exponentially in recent years, with more ‘opt-out’ or ‘hit pause’ emails landing in inboxes ahead
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Changing global trends and increased access to opportunities through digital mean that, in recent years, there has been a shift away from the Tokyo-centric design that has dominated post-war Japan tow
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Julia Bennet, Head of Research & Policy, and Caroline Jackman, Talent Development Manager, on the craft boom, navigating the pandemic and why slow design can transform society.
As an artist and designer herself, Sarah Hamilton knows just how valuable the smallest acts of support can be for independent brands. Determined to remind customers just how important where they choos
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With the Christmas season fast approaching, there’s no time like now to be stocking all things festive. Founder of indie marketplace, And so to Shop, Louise Daniel has selected her top picks from On D
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Reinvigorating the world of wrapping just in time for the busy festive period, we took a few minutes to get to know how sustainable new brand Wrapuccino came to life, plus learn a bit more about what’
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As a leading voice in applied colour & design psychology and the author of The Little Book of Colour, no one is better placed than Karen Haller to identify distinctive, captivating design.
Bringing something truly different to a crowded market is no easy feat, but CONCRETE & WAX has done just that with their unique range of modular, stackable candles—which allow for ultimate impact and
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Karen Haller is a leading international authority on colour psychology, specialising in business brand colour, interiors and wellbeing and the author of The Little Book of Colour. She offers her key t
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With a variety of exciting sweet treats in their range, including a 24k gold leaf gummy bear, Ask Mummy & Daddy has become a firm favourite for the likes of Selfridges and the Beckhams. We asked their
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Having made her debut as part of Spotted in 2019, Rebecca J Mills Designs has moved from strength to strength, applying her captivating designs to a growing range of products across the lifestyle spec
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The range of handcrafted products include cushions, drum lampshades, fabric by the metre, tableware and reupholstered vintage chairs. The Collection has a distinctly mid-century feel with the artwork
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"Always try and learn from other people’s experiences but to follow your own gut, carve out your own path and do it your own way. Someone once said to me that unless you walked a mile in someone else
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Invented by a 6-year-old girl - Doddle Dents is a new mindful form of art that’s truly intuitive, creative and rewarding. We chat the founder Chris and get to know the brand a little better…
Set in the quintessentially British countryside of the Cotswolds, Gin In A Tin started as the brainwave of the locally-known gin connoisseur, Martin Agius, founder of the renowned Gin Pantry. A destin
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Inspired by both the ups and downs that form parenthood, Lanie's Room founder, Jade, had created a platform to inspire families of all shapes and sizes through the joy of design. Read on to discover m
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A luxury tea brand that aims to change the perception of Indian tea culture towards a more contemporary interpretation. Specialising in Single-Batch Premium Teas, Culturally Inspired Blends and Conte
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Christmas happens twice in the world of PR. Every year, around mid-June to mid-July, brands are organising Christmas product shoots and getting their imagery and collections ready for the Christmas se
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The Giftware Association has been so inspired by the specialist products, ranges and heartfelt gifts that have been created in order to support the NHS, key workers and the thousands of other charitie
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Despite the isolation of the great Covid-19 lockdown, our style survival instincts have seemingly gone into overdrive. “Dressing to impress” is inherently hard-wired into human social behaviour, and t
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With restrictions still in place and school holidays fast approaching, designer and illustrator, Ellie Good, has created some free, easy activities to keep creative minds entertained.
No matter how we strong we think we are, everyone at some point in their life will experience low mood. The lockdown we are currently living in is certainly no exception! Triggered by the smallest of
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Daniel Morris, co-founder of The Morris Fyfe Agency in Brick Lane, east London, has launched an online petition calling for business rates grants and holidays for retail companies to be extended to in
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09 Jun 2020
Kathrina Wainstok, Creative Director at Brand Academy Store
Now is a perfect time to start preparing your retail space for reopening. All non-essential retailers had to close their doors in March, and with the curve finally slowing it’s getting more important
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In a time that seemingly moves faster than ever before, but sees a desire for a slow life filled with more meaningful things—opposed to just more—should retailers still be designing and purchasing pro
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As government Covid-19 Lockdowns around the world begin to ease, children head back to school and we return to work, has the growing momentum for sustainability suffered a major setback this year?
After illustrating her rescue dog Jenkins, Lorna the launched her first range of cards, which led her on to the journey of becoming a founder and creative director of her own brand ‘Lorna Syson' - des
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From engaging blog posts to a captivating social media strategy, it’s never been more important to create high-quality content. Fortunately, doing so doesn’t have to cost the earth with a bevy of free
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Who would have ever thought that we would be living as we are right now? "Certainly not me! These are very unpresented times and I have felt completely confused and very worried for my business during
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Facebook is set to shake up the world of e-commerce, with the launch of Shops. Accessible through both Facebook and Instagram, Shops will allow users to create digital storefronts in a space that exis
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A finalist in the prestigious Spotted Award, Illustrated Stories stunned with their beautiful range of lifestyle products inspired by everyday life. We spoke with their founder, Kay van Bellen, to lea
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As we transition into the next phase and look towards shops reopening, it's never been more important to plan. Fashion Brand Consultant, Elizabeth Stiles, shares her advice on things you could be doin
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Our Gift exhibitor, is an exciting multidisciplinary creative studio that specialise in lettering. Creating a diverse range of products including, mugs, books and games - with each of them exploring l
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Yesterday Instagram made the announcement that they were launching a ‘Support Small Business’ sticker so that users can give a shout out to their favourite brands in just a few steps.
Have you been wondering whether you should be using live video such as Instagram Live? The words ‘live video’ can seem a bit daunting, but actually the benefits for your brand using Instagram Live is
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Every crisis is a catalyst for change. Heartened by our community's capacity for compassion, understanding and sacrifice, visual merchandising consultant and retail expert, Kat Maclennan, shares her i
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The idea for the project came about from the belief that by sharing ideas, collaborating with others and starting new projects, everyone can find creative inspiration to help guide them through this c
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In a time when small businesses have never needed support more, Forma House has launched #LoveReviewShare – a campaign to ensure that small businesses don’t just survive this difficult time, but thriv
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A couple of weeks ago, we asked our Top Drawer audience what subjects they’d like to hear about over coming months, to help keep their business looking ahead. What was clear in the replies was a conti
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The simplest ideas are often the best is an adage that has never seemed more appropriate in the midst of COVID-19 and all that comes with it. One brand making a huge difference with their adapted appr
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On World Earth Day, retailer, designer and all-round slow living expert, Emma Vincent, breaks down what she thinks the pandemic's effects on consumer behaviour will be.
It would be easy to imagine that in these difficult times, people are not buying. However, that simply isn't true. Retail expert and Founder of Future Retail, Catherine Erdly, shares what customer's a
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