Decoration

Abstract

Decoration has a dual role regarding technology, it is a socially acceptable presence replacing the dreaded fear of change, with recognition. When we think of decoration, we designate it the role of embellishing and beautifying an existing structure, yet it is through suggestion to a previous reference/precedent that we can accept the rapid change in social environments. The comfort that decoration and ornamentation brings to an evolving technological society is of locating oneself within that context, using recognition to achieve awareness. The antithesis to the decorative camouflage looks at the use of decoration as a result of mathematical and scientific application, whereby the relationship between society and the built environment can only exist because of technological achievements and their manifestation through decorative tiles or sculptures; tiles promote illusion, achieving a metaphysical, de-realised space whilst ornate sculptured detailing disguises the actual in the attempt to achieve acceptance through recognition.