This article explores design innovation approaches in the creative economy in the Northern Isles of Scotland, specifically, the Shetland archipelago, focusing on the textiles sector. Shetland has a rich history of craft work, including Fair Isle knitting and lace making. We contend that the value of cultural assets in contributing to the creative economy is underexamined and that there is a paucity of understanding of the innovative potential of craft and creative practitioners in the region. The insights presented are derived from Innovation from Tradition workshops, which aimed to reframe the creative economy within an island context, elicit knowledge surrounding local cultural assets and explore the innovative capabilities of creative practitioners. We reflect on how a design innovation approach allowed us to garner the collective wisdom held in communities and foreground the focal themes of practice, place and people.

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北岛的手工艺品，纺织品和文化财产：设得兰群岛的传统带来的创新

本文探讨了苏格兰北部小岛（特别是设得兰群岛）的创意经济中的设计创新方法，重点是纺织品领域。设得兰群岛拥有丰富的手工艺历史，包括费尔岛针织和花边制作。我们认为，文化资产在为创意经济做出贡献方面的价值未得到充分审查，并且对该地区手工艺人和创意从业者的创新潜力缺乏了解。提出的见解来自传统研讨会的创新，该研讨会旨在在岛屿环境中重新构筑创意经济，汲取有关当地文化资产的知识，并探索创意从业者的创新能力。