From "Decoration" To "Design"

This article analysis select the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum as an example to analyze which forms of design should be presented to the audience in the museum with the theme of "Design".The museum itself can provide support for the development of the design.Through the interpretation of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum over the years,the selection of the content of the exhibition gradually changed from "Decoration" to "Design",and then from the beginning of its establishment with the Cooper Union,and The Hewitt sister's positioning is to explain why the museum originally chose "Decorative Art" as the main display content.Then it analyzes the continuous exploration of design concepts and the attempts made for transformation after the rise of the concept of "Design".At the same time,the development experience of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum also proves that there is no substitute between "Decorative Art" and "Design",but a mutually inclusive relationship.Although the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum has had a brief closure in its development for more than 100 years,it has always adopted the concept of "Design" to the public as its development tenet.By studying the changes in the concept of exhibition planning in this period,the museum reflects the development of American design: the "Decorative Art" style introduced from Europe has a good sales market in the United States at the beginning of the museum.When the art of decoration began to decline,the American public did not accept the modernist design style at the beginning,but regarded "Modern Design" as a kind of unfamiliar style for a long time.Through the continuous innovation of design concepts,modernist design has really achieved long-term development in the United States.