Growing flax here and there, now and next
Our Linen Stories | Flax Futures is a series of Exhibition and Events celebrating contemporary design in Flax Fibre and Linen, drawing on Scotland’s rich industrial and trading heritage, with a focus on sustainability and the regenerative textile economy.
Coming up this harvest, FlaxFest24 in Dunfermline and beyond, is a cultural celebration of flax and linen across art, design and industry, building on Scotland’s first Flax and Linen Festival in 2021.
Flax Futures is our current touring exhibition and set of collaborative design projects, featured below, including educational outreach and regenerative textile network development. In collaboration with key allies and local communities, we aim to share more of our material culture and strengthen cultural connections, You can review our Events page for recent Flax Futures exhibitions, local Linen Routes, Twilight Talks and Workshops and our Tours page for more on our community activities.
Since 2018, Our Linen Stories has brought exhibitions and events to Fife, the Lothians, the Borders, the Highlands, N.Ireland and Portugal, holding a landmark exhibition at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios in 2019/20, with more than 8000 direct engagements to date and many more via social media. Reaching beyond borders, Flax Futures continue to explore Scotland’s extraordinary relationship with this quintessentially European textile, gathering stories from our partner Linen Nations and developing creative collaborations with like minds beyond borders.
For more of our Journeys in Design, you can link to our website here, follow as we go on our socials @journeysindesign and sign up for seasonal newsletters and bulletins. Register on Journeys in Design Eventbrite for our latest events.
Shared material and design culture, Scotland and beyond
An international roundtable where linen and flax related projects can be announced, developed and enhanced
