| Sign to Signified |
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| Sign 1 |
| Surface Change |
| Creating "Surface Change" can arise from..... mimicry, discovery, tradition, habit, boredom, emotional needs |
| A Signification: Being able to create changes on surfaces develops into caring about what changes are actually made...... |
| Sign 2 |
| Surface Management |
| A Signification: A society that is full of a clear philosophy usually lays its heart on (decorates) available public surfaces....... |
| Sign 3 |
| Repetition |
| A Signification: Caring about a socially generated motif can lead to a need to repeat that motif in an almost mantra-like process of affirmation......... |
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| Modernism developed an imperitive to cast the decorative as the antithesis of serious art practice. |
| Many Western "Surface Articulations" are arbitrary, reflecting certain social freedoms/opportunities |
| Secondary Signification: Even the untransformed surface says something about the Social Order that has the power to restrain the "hearts" involved in a creative activity.... |
| Revaluations of Decoration for a Post-Modern Era |
| Signs are that de-cor-ation is not going away - what do the continuing signs mean? |