Images from Bernat Klein mail-order catalogues, 1978 - 81. 

The foundation has created an innovative portfolio of projects and new digital content.

This includes short films, photography, journal articles, and interviews, all of which can be explored on the website that provides open access for all. The foundation continually explores new ways of presenting original Bernat Klein work, alongside showcasing contemporary ideas inspired by his legacy in design, visual arts and architecture.

Films

Short films commissioned by the foundation capture Klein’s early success in the textile industry, to current interests in his substantial contribution to twentieth-century design and architecture in Scotland.

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Voices

A collection of personal stories about working with Bernat and Margaret Klein, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the William Grant Foundation.

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Voices
An interview with Brian Wilson and Jennifer Mellor by Alison Harley
An interview with Brian Wilson and Jennifer Mellor by Alison Harley

Brian Wilson was Bernat Klein’s in-house Accountant and a Director of Bernat Klein Ltd. between 1978 and 1981. Jennifer Mellor was Manager of the Bernat Klein Shop in Galashiels from 1976 to 1981, and then Export Manager from 1978 to 1981.

An interview with Angus Glass by Alison Harley
An interview with Angus Glass by Alison Harley

Angus Glass started his career in 1959 as an apprentice in Bernat Klein’s Colourcraft that later became Bernat Klein Ltd.

Collecting Klein
Collecting Klein: Grainne Rice
Collecting Klein: Grainne Rice

Over the past 19 years I must have acquired more than a hundred vintage Bernat Klein pieces.

Collecting Klein: Kirsteen Stewart
Collecting Klein: Kirsteen Stewart

Fashion print designer and teacher, Kirsteen Stewart, shares her appreciation of Bernat Klein's textile design and colour.

Collecting Klein

The foundation invites contributions about wearing and collecting Bernat Klein, which hold personal memories as well as past and present stories held within the clothes. 

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An Explosion of Colour. ⁠ ⁠ A short film by Callum Rice, commissioned by the Bernat Klein Foundation in 2022. ⁠ ⁠ Filmed in the National Museum Scotland Archives, John MacKenzie and Keith Hendrie discuss the challenges and excitement of working for &
Bernat: A short film by Bridie Gane⁠ ⁠ This short film by Bridie Gane, Dancer in Residence 2022, explores weaving as a form of physical connection to Bernat Klein’s creative practice, and his relationship to the Borders landscape. ⁠ ⁠ It was pa
Kestin Hare of @kestin.co analysing a piece of cloth from the Bernat Klein archive. ⁠ ⁠ 📷️ from Process to Product: Bernat Klein Foundation x Kestin, 2021. © Bernat Klein Foundation: film by Callum Rice⁠ ⁠ Watch the full film on our website now
This beautiful printed skirt from Bernat Klein Ltd is part of a small personal archive we have had the pleasure of photographing as part of our Garment Stories series. ⁠ ⁠ This piece came from Klein's printed collection, featuring patterns based on m