Three hundred years of laundry culture
Our Linen Stories is the first programme in a ‘material world’ series from Journeys in Design, focusing on a different material with each new programme. Below we present our Newsletters and Social Media feeds, witness to the unfolding of Our Linen Stories together with our other Journeys in Design.
Our Linen Stories has developed a set of Design legacy projects called Flax Futures, which explore emerging themes in collaboration with key allies around Scotland and beyond. We are delighted to present regular Flax Future updates here on our News page.
For Our Linen Stories, we run a dedicated Facebook as means of including Y/Our Linen Stories. Many of us have a Linen Story of our own: of growing and processing flax today, of relatives with a link to lost factories, of treasured linen pieces, of artworks or new designs in linen, flax or composites.
If you’d like to share Y/our Linen Story, we’d love to hear from you. Please email info@ourlinenstories.com
This series of legacy proposals develops new contributions to the shared material culture revealed on Our Linen Stories tour in collaboration with colleagues and organisations met en route. These proposals recognise Scotland’s part in the stories of Europe and aim to strengthen links with our neighbour ‘linen nations’.
As a member of ICOM UK (International Committee of Museums) your curator has devised projects that acknowledge the vital collaborative role of museums, attempting to explore new ways to link and celebrate design history and material culture.
By establishing small task groups for each, we hope to progress from proposal to development stage.
Migration, creative energy and routes to technology transfer
Maritime materials, salvage, recycling and innovation
Our Linen Stories
❤️💪🙌🏼 https://t.co/mukVrJf6yA
Delighted to meet with @Lynsey_DG from @PRONI_DFC today to tell her our exciting news...
We have 45 new Millies from Northern Irish & Scottish makers, and more, still in the making 🙌🏼
Can’t wait to get them all together for a Millie Convention 💪💪 https://t.co/AzXlVIx1dn
Great feedback from ‘Rope Works, Linen Mills & Millies’ 💪 Walk By Design with @ConnsGreenway for #GRW2020 today. Local guide Trevor mentioned the feel good factor that comes from going for a walk & sharing a conversation “Sometimes it’s just great to get your head showered!” 🙌🏼 https://t.co/WdnC5Fnsyu
Great to meet local maker @KatieLarmour at the Linen Walk by Design @ConnsGreenway GRW2020 “As a contemporary designer it’s of great interest to me to learn more about our local linen heritage, especially when you get together as a group & share stories.” 🙌 https://t.co/PugPH8cs4D
Great turnout to mark Good Relations Week 🙌 https://t.co/ZB60YWx06B
The @journeysndesign Rope works, Linen Mills and Millies walk is now under way on the Greenway.
This walk was codesigned by local people as part of EastSide Arts Festival 2020
#livingthegreenway https://t.co/3j1BYCdJhs
Delighted you could join us Lisa 🙌 https://t.co/1iwf8EzqKr
On @journeysndesign walk this morning. Linen Stories. First stop @ConnsGreenway celebrating transport and industry. #livingthegreenway #GRWeek2020 https://t.co/u1sSbG6icQ