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V&A Dundee: Commissioned by YPC 2026

In the second year of Commissioned by YPC – BUILDHOLLYWOOD Scotland’s collaboration with V&A Dundee’s Young People’s Collective (YPC) – four emerging designers were selected from DJCAD’s 2026 Degree Show and commissioned to create new, site-specific work for a range of our poster and billboard sites across the city.

Through a series of tours, workshops and art crits across the summer, Ailsa MacLennan, Iona Dawson, Sarah Robinson and Ythan Evans were supported by YPC members, V&A Dundee curators and our own team as they develop their work for the street-sided presentations. Launched with the museum’s Upstart Festival, the designers and YPC gave a special walking tour of the sites, which featured a tribute to Winkie the war-hero pigeon, a celebration of the transformation and growth that comes with ageing, a tactile representation of sensory-aware clothing, and a philosophical reflection of the River Tay.