Women at work in the linen industry
Flax and Linen Festival, September 2021, Fife: Journeys in Design is delighted to present Scotland’s first Flax and Linen Festival. Full Programme details on our Events page.
Journeys in Design Newsletters: Our Linen Stories is the first programme in a ‘material world’ series from Journeys in Design. Below we present all our Newsletters which update on Our Linen Stories together with our other Journeys in Design. You can sign up to receive our latest Newsletter here.
Flax Futures: This set of Design legacy projects explores themes emerging from Our Linen Stories. They are developed in collaboration with key allies around Scotland and beyond. We are delighted to present project updates here.
Journeys in Design on Social Media: We run dedicated Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts @journeysindesgn which highlight all our latest news. You can link in and sign up using the social media tags in the header above.
Your Linen Stories on Facebook: In addition, we run a dedicated Our Linen Stories Facebook gathering personal linen stories from you. 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
Just posted a photo https://t.co/p11PZ6K2Tq
Regenerative Design Delighted to share this news! I’ve been on the Board of Directors here for some time and remain inspired by the dedication of colleagues and volunteers. This support from @scotgov is enabling regenerative design in action across several levels. Onwards! https://t.co/KgxJYvrvJH
😂Overjoyed to share amazing news that our Flax Mill renovation plans have been awarded £1.5 million from Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund. We're 1 of 22 projects Scotland-wide backed by the fund, focused on tackling inequalities & promoting economic recovery https://t.co/gUMGHilAtT
Not to be missed - the brilliant @StaceyHunterEdi LDF triumph comes home… https://t.co/QUWoIxJTHU
An Invitation to Preview: The Future of Home by Local Heroes // Fresh from a successful debut at London Design Festival, Custom Lane are delighted to welcome The Future of Home by Edinburgh-based curatorial studio Local Heroes.- https://t.co/UptrWlqvdR https://t.co/oEX1G3wGdg
COP26 demo of a different sort: going “source to shelf” Towards a Fibreshed Scotland @straw_into_gold @firstprincipals @fibresheduk @fibrevolution_pnw @ Civic House https://t.co/xvaqyPRVD3
Brilliant work by team CAN - coordinating the reuse of exhibition and events materials during COP26 https://t.co/dMG9jwmAuc
Posters against Plastics Pollution, UK debut of this international design exhibition, first shown at the inaugural UN World Oceans Conference, New York. Informal talks tomorrow as part of The Climate Fringe weekend of events at Scottish Maritime Museum.
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