Forty objects head off on loan to five regions for year three of V&A`s DesignLab Nation
(Artdaily.org)

Forty objects including Bradley Wiggins’ bicycle handlebars, William Morris designed wallpaper, Japanese ceramics by Yukie Osumi and a ‘Super Lamp’ by Martine Bedin will go on display at museums and galleries across the country this month, in the latest phase of the V&A’s flagship education programme DesignLab Nation. Bringing together secondary schools, local industry and regional museums to bolster the teaching of Art, Design and Technology (D&T), the programme will expand into new towns and cities across the country in 2020, including Doncaster, Ipswich and Blackpool. Six prints by British textile designer William Morris are now on display at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. The stories behind how and why these six prints were made will offer students insight into the Arts & Crafts movement against the backdrop of Blackburn’s world-famous manufacturing heritage. A