| In the development of human being, function and decoration have an independent social life value, which have left us with a profound enlightenment. We can see that the decoration and function enter into rivalry from design history. The understanding and awareness of variously ideological trend of arts and divisions of design on the function and decoration are widely divergent . Looking back to the history, those important design movements all had a lot with the decoration and function.As the most controversial topics of factors of modern and post-modern design and the design, function and decoration have been conferred.By the correct interpretation of decoration and function, we can understand the modern design and post-modern design more significantly. In the modern and post-modernism context, the concept of function and decoration and significance of understanding are different. If we can correctly interpreted expression of the concept and meaning in the context of both the function and decoration, we will have a better awareness and understanding of the western design.Function and decoration have a deeper meaning else than the forms of material and spirit. They include the specific feelings and cultural awareness, which satisfied people in culture, ideals, symbols, and history. So they can continue to move forward in the development of design which has spreader in the history river.This text restored the original condition of the function and decoration in the two contexts, from the beginning and a whole process of modernism and post-modernism, the new relation between things of decoration and function and the new thinking. It has both philosophical depth and practical significance. The whole text tells us the thought of the relation of function and decoration in the different context and expounds the theme which is always ignored. What's more, it clarifies decoration and function from a higher level understanding and looks forward to enlightening China's contemporary design. |
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