London-based design studio Plaid has designed V&A Dundee’s new exhibition Tartan, composing a spatial plan influenced by tartan grid patterns. It is the first major exhibition in Scotland in 30 years ...

Tartan, that iconic Scottish plaid, is not just a pattern; it’s a tapestry of history, culture, and evolution. Historically, tartan has been a symbol of identity and belonging for the Scottish clans.

V&A Dundee’s Tartan exhibition celebrates the iconic fabric in its many guises, from powerful symbol of royal power to punk non-conformity, writes Duncan Macmillan ...

“Oldest”,“rarest”,“most celebrated” ... these adjectives are intentionally avoided in the major new exhibition, tartan , at the V&A Dundee. It is ir Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT ...

Possibly the earliest existing scrap of tartan known today is a 16th-century piece found in a bog in Glen Affric, Scotland, which the V&A Dundee studied before the exhibition. The Scottish Tartans ...

Curator Mhairi Maxwell has selected five key items from the V&A Dundee's Tartan exhibition, which aims to "take a radical new look" at the pattern.

According to Town & Country, King George V — the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II — attempted to make it illegal to wear the tartan without the monarch’s permission. However, the plaid was ...

Plaid feels right for this fall, when the wooly weave of Scottish tartans is likely to show up on store shelves. It appeared in the fall runway collections of designers like Marc Jacobs, Michael ...

What is believed to be the oldest tartan in Scotland will be put on display at the V&A Dundee this April after scientists discovered that it dates back as far as 1500 AD.

We (as a people) have a serious love/hate session with plaid every decade or so. Here's how it usually works. Somebody decides that it's actually a nice pattern and puts it on some things. Because ...

“Oldest”, “rarest”, “most celebrated” … these adjectives are intentionally avoided in the major new exhibition, Tartan, at the V&A Dundee. It is ironic, therefore, that myself and the other curators ...