Lab notes Archives - T-lab Original Clothing

Don’t drop that magnet…

OK you wouldn’t normally expect to find a piece about nuclear... more >

Bagging a better planet

We’re pleased to announce that all of our deliveries are now ... more >

Open reel – an appreciation

Still accepted as the best way to faithfully record sound, open... more >

Isolation Inspiration: Summer Dreaming

We’ve been been spending our lockdown looking at some of our ... more >

Isolation inspiration: Do try this at home

We've been taking a closer look at some of our favourite design... more >

Logo love tangle

NASA is, without doubt, one of the world's coolest organisation... more >

Isolation inspiration: Graphic twist

We’ve been taking a closer look at some of our favourite desi... more >

WFH – design notes

In the past ‘working from home’ has been given a bit of a b... more >

6 December 2019

Ready, get set, Raclette

Technically Raclette is no more than a semi hard swiss cheese. ... more >

28 November 2019

Stocking stuffer

A big thank-you to Stuff magazine for featuring our T-120 t-shi... more >

27 November 2019

washingmachinepost

"the quality of cycling art and design has improved dramaticall... more >

15 November 2019

Make mine a stein

We're big fans of alpine mountain bars. We like the idea of bei... more >

18 September 2019

Just a quick heads up - we've often been told that our t-shirt ... more >

Ten things you (maybe) never knew about the Tour de France

1 Like the other 'Grand Tours' (Italy's Giro and Spain's Vuelta... more >

Freedom festivals

Festivals are moving on. No longer just music-focused, newer fe... more >

Col du Tourmalet

The Col du Tourmalet (‘col’ means ‘collar’ or ‘pass�... more >

Get him a gift that gets him

The world would be a lesser place without Dads. The fixer upper... more >

Who doesn’t love a good barbecue? The sun is shining, your fr... more >

A brief history of the t-shirt

With over 2 billion sold world-wide every year, the t-shirt is ... more >

Paris-Roubaix – cobbles and chaos.

Paris-Roubaix is one of the 5 classic cycling ‘monuments’, ... more >

30 January 2019

A tale of two cities

LDN & PRS - designer's notes Maps can make fascinating vie... more >

10 January 2019

Best sellers – 2018

Its been another busy year for T-lab during which we released o... more >

19 December 2018

T-lab pop-up collaboration

Pop-ups are a great way for smaller brands to collaborate and g... more >

29 November 2018

Design notes – Ski Squad

It’s no secret that we like a bit of skiing here at T-lab. It... more >

7 September 2018

No real reason for posting this, except that we liked the image... more >

A big thanks to Stuff.tv - the bible for all things new and man... more >

A brief history of the UK coffee bar

It’s easy to see that the UK is in the middle of a coffee boo... more >

You say you want a revolution…

Our Music, wine, revolution shirt is a typographical look at th... more >

21 February 2018

We’re very excited to launch our new range of knitwear starti... more >

14 February 2018

SuperCircuits Series – design notes

At T-lab we like to put a bit of ambiguity into our graphic t-s... more >

31 January 2018

Coming soon - Super 8 is our tribute to the non-stop all-action... more >

12 December 2017

Christmas comes at a very handy time for skiers and snowboarder... more >

7 December 2017

This website caught our eye recently from website publishers Re... more >

16 November 2017

We all spend far more time reading from screens than from print... more >

7 September 2017

Ultimate eighties?

Smooth, fast and sophisticated the Audi Quattro was in many way... more >

4 September 2017

Number three in our SuperCircuits series, Seuls les braves (Onl... more >

Indian essentials

Its nice how the internet connects us all sometimes. It all sta... more >

‘Summer turns Stylish’

The Arbuturian is an upmarket style, travel and culture online ... more >

Our latest t-shirt celebrates the laid-back surfing resort of R... more >

Coming soon - Flowertime joins our small-but-growing women’s ... more >

Our Stelvio t-shirt celebrates Italy's Passa del Stelvio, one o... more >

17 February 2017

Coming soon – Amsterdam

Coming soon from T-lab - Amsterdam - the first of our Creative ... more >

25 January 2017

2016 – best sellers (drum roll)

We are pleased to say that 2016 was the best year yet for t-Lab... more >

13 December 2016

Almost worth breaking a leg for…

Design student James Langton has produced this great-looking de... more >

7 November 2016

New sweatshirts

To keep our customers looking good through winter as well as su... more >

28 October 2016

Pista Veloce (high speed track) - our graphic tribute to that f... more >

Women’s t-shirts? On T-lab?

"Why don't you do t-shirts for women?" has often been the cry. ... more >

18 September 2016

Ventoux – coming soon

Arriving late September, Ventoux is our tribute to one of the m... more >

A big thank you to Simon Hills and Beyond Bespoke for mentionin... more >

Just in – Rio

Our Rio shirt is a tribute to the ever-lively city of Rio de J... more >

Velo Star – coming soon

Now you don’t have to be a cycling star to look like one. If ... more >

Thanks to everyone who pitched in with suggestions for our next... more >

Top of the pops

As the first quarter of 2016 comes to an end - which shirts are... more >

24 February 2016

T-lab goes cycling.... more >

19 February 2016

For those about to race…

Outlaw, our latest shirt launches on 24 February. Because th... more >

25 January 2016

We're happy to report that 2015 was another record year for t-l... more >

5 November 2015

Its always nice to get some recognition, so a big thank you to ... more >

26 October 2015

Up against the wall

The idea of producing posters actually came from our customers.... more >

Health and safety…

... are not appearing anywhere in this picture.... more >

18 September 2015

To celebrate the RWC & England’s first match v. Fiji we are giving away a t-lab Swing Low shirt

Just tell us a pre rugby match superstition you, your sons, dau... more >

Paddock Hill t-shirt

Thanks to everyone who entered our 'Guess the next great bend' ... more >

Great bends of the world no. 7

As we round the corner of summer into autumn, we have a new gre... more >

It’s festival season – hooray!

That's it really.... more >

To celebrate Glastonbury 15 we are giving away a t-lab Solar shirt

Just tell us your favourite ever Glasto act and why? Answer ... more >

Addicted to t-shirts

Our Swedish friend, journalist and all-round nice guy Joakim ha... more >

Coming Soon – Roadtrip Garda

Thanks to everyone who entered our 'guess the car' competition ... more >

Win a t-lab shirt

Our next Roadtrip shirt is off to Lake Garda. But which 70's cl... more >

Behold the future

In 1970, this is what the office of the future looked like. We ... more >

27 February 2015

Race Retro competition

Thanks to everyone who entered our Guess-the-cars competition a... more >

13 February 2015

We have a winner….

Thanks to everyone who entered our 'Guess the bend' competition... more >

6 February 2015

Great Bends of the World no. 6

It's been a while, almost a year, since our last 'Great Bend of... more >

15 January 2015

Computer room, 1950’s

Now this is what a computer should look like. We particularly l... more >

23 December 2014

We're happy to report another record year for t-lab sales - but... more >

5 December 2014

Perhaps if I stand here long enough..

Definitely a glass-half-full sort of guy.... more >

14 November 2014

Are we there yet?

This is the road to the Japanese ski resort of Niseko. Somethin... more >

12 September 2014

Mind that bump…

The phrase 'Balls of Steel' is bandied about too much, we think... more >

Its only garage punk but we like it

Great article here from the Guardian website on garage punk, an... more >

Seeing double at Eau Rouge

We love it when people send us pics of their t-lab shirts and w... more >

Its only rock and roll #1

Not sure what Iggy is up to, but we love the deli... more >

Ten best driving tracks?

The good people over at MINI have been doing some essential res... more >

“I’ve had one of those…”

This idea from British Designer Kyle Bean caught our eye recent... more >

BMW Ischetta bubble car with M racing stripes. If you've got i... more >

Great runways of the world – designer’s notes

We’ve always had a soft spot for airports at t-lab. Its not t... more >

Meanwhile down in the basement

We don't have plans for world domination, but if we did, we'd d... more >

31 January 2014

Designer’s notes – 029 Speedway

At t-lab, we like a little bit of less-is-more. So when we were... more >

22 November 2013

Thanks to Telegraph Ski & Snow magazine

A big thank you to the Daily Telegraph Ski and Snow magazine fo... more >

21 November 2013

The Pontiac Aztek driven by Walter White in Breaking Bad has to... more >

30 October 2013

Coming soon - our 'Great bends of the world' series has taken a... more >

10 October 2013

American muscle goes racing

American muscle cars - always cool. And they look even better w... more >

With the Belgian Grand Prix weekend now underway, its time to r... more >

Eau Rouge Design Notes

As an idea, 'Great Bends of the World' was always a bit left-fi... more >

25 February 2013

Race Retro Show

Thanks to everyone who came to our stand at Race Retro. Its a g... more >