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Festive Best

Dear Friends, The seasonal image above is of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, featuring a statue of Adam Smith, three hundred years this year since his birth, all surrounded by natures winter greens, and a bauble or two! Today, innovative designers in Scotland offer new ways to an enlightened future, many looking to nature’s roll in drawing them, and us, together. […]
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Flax Futures

The exceptional potential of Scotland's ancient fibre crop

 

Flax Futures is series of design-led projects emerging from Our Linen Stories. Developed in collaboration with key allies and local communities, together we aim to share more of our material culture and strengthen cultural connections, in Scotland and beyond.

In development: Flax & Linen Festival 2024: a cultural celebration of flax and linen across art, design and industry in Scotland.

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.

For more of our Journeys in Design, you can sign up for bulletins below and follow as we go on our Socials.

 

#flaxScotland

#flaxScotland

Growing flax here and there, now and next

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Flax & Linen Festivals Scotland

Flax & Linen Festivals Scotland

Shared material and design culture, Scotland and beyond

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Future Heritage at Silverburn

Future Heritage at Silverburn

Holistic regeneration with our linen heritage at heart

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Learning with Linen

Learning with Linen

Educational outreach emerging from shared linen stories

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Regenerative Textiles in Scotland

Regenerative Textiles in Scotland

A regenerative textile network for Scotland

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Think GLOBAL Grow LOCAL

Think GLOBAL Grow LOCAL

An international roundtable where linen and flax related projects can be announced, developed and enhanced

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Making Millie

Making Millie

Celebrating the unsung stories of working women

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Linen Works Kirkcaldy

Linen Works Kirkcaldy

The extraordinary linen heritage of Kirkcaldy

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Currach Project

Currach Project

User based redesign of a traditional tub boat

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R&D: Weave for Well-Being

R&D: Weave for Well-Being

Exploring health gain through walking and weaving

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R&D: Design Capture Damask

R&D: Design Capture Damask

Contemporary techniques for archiving Damask

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R&D: The Huguenots in Scotland

R&D: The Huguenots in Scotland

Migration, creativity and technology transfer

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