V&A Dundee

YPC Podcast: What the Hat?! – Episode 2

In this series, invited guests share their tactics, strategies, hopes, and dreams while reflecting on the many hats we choose to wear — and those we must — as creatives navigating overlapping political, social, economic, and climate crises. Together, they explore the essential approaches for sustaining artistic and cultural practices in response to the urgent challenges of our time. This episode welcomes musician SHHE and sound artist Riah Naief for a conversation on tactics, strategies, connection, and the power of listening in building collective practice. Hosted by Pepper Parkinson & Leyla Hussain Supported and Edited by Callum Mackie and Dundee Radio Club Music by Pepper Parkinson & Leyla Hussain

Episode 4 – In Conversation with Arit Anderson and Dame Laura Lee

In this final episode of the series, we listen in to a conversation with Arit Anderson (gardener and broadcaster) and Dame Laura Lee (CEO of Maggie’s) as they talk through gardens, design and healthcare. Maggie’s is the cancer support charity where light, colour, and the garden play a part in making people feel welcome and in control of their wellbeing. The charity was both developed by, and named after, writer and garden designer Maggie Jencks, who is featured within the Garden Futures exhibition. This podcast series is part of the exhibition public programme for Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, which is open from the 17 May 2025 until 26 January 2026.

Episode 3 – The Resilient Seed with Vivien Sansour & Leonie Bell

In this episode we listen to a conversation between two stewards of culture: Leonie Bell, our director here at V&A Dundee, and Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, in Battir, Palestine. Together they talk through the journey of the seed, and how it has shaped design and the world around us. It bridges both of our current exhibitions Garden Futures and Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine. **Content warning: This episode contains depictions of genocide and death.** This podcast series is part of the exhibition public programme for Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, which is open from the 17 May 2025 until 26 January 2026. To book tickets, or for more information, please visit our website: vam.ac.uk/dundee

Episode 2 – Fashion and Dior with Elizabeth Tyler and Brigitte Richart

Dior’s garden-inspired collection of 1947 transformed the world of fashion. To explore that we’re joined by Garden Designer, and Writer Elizabeth Tyler (Vogue, New York Times), and Brigitte Richart, Director and Chief Curator at Musée Christian Dior in Granville, France. From Kim Jones’ work featured in V&A Dundee’s Garden Futures to Musée Dior’s current exhibition Jardins Enchanteurs, we’ll uncover how gardens - beginning with the one at Christian Dior’s childhood home and current location of Musée Dior - have remained central to the fashion house’s identity. This podcast series is part of the exhibition public programme for Garden Futures: Designing with Nature, which is open from the 17 May 2025 until 26 January 2026. To book tickets, or for more information, please visit our website: vam.ac.uk/Dundee For more information on Jardins Enchanteurs at Musée Christian Dior, please visit musee-dior-granville.com