‘Bernat Klein: Influence & Inspiration’
Still from the film ‘Kestin’ by Callum Rice
As a catalyst in creative thinking and new ideas, the Bernat Klein Foundation led a Scotland-wide series of exhibitions, talks and workshops that inspired, informed, and connected contemporary practice in the visual arts, design and architecture.
The project ‘Bernat Klein: Influence & Inspiration’ celebrated Klein’s centenary year and was supported by Creative Scotland and our partners - House for an Art Lover, Live Borders, Borders Textile Towerhouse: and the University of the Highland & Islands, Perth, Moray, Outer Hebrides , Orkney and Shetland.
It engaged audiences in the story of Bernat Klein, a Serbian born designer and emigre to the UK in the post-war period, and whose career based in the Scottish Borders spanned six decades.
Bernat Klein Made in Scotland Labels: Photographer by Callum Rice
As a true polymath, he gained international success in the interrelated spheres of fine art, fashion, textile design, architecture, industrial design, and colour consultancy. And as an innovator, Bernat Klein collaborated with modernist architect, Peter Womersley in the design of his house High Sunderland (1957) and Studio (1972).
In the centenary year of Klein’s birth, the project created new perspectives that shape and influence the discussion of both Klein and Womersley’s substantial contribution to twentieth-century design and architecture. Both legacies continue to inform and inspire contemporary practice across the visual arts, design and architecture.
Still from the film ‘Kestin’ by Callum Rice
