Design and the Wondrous: On the Nature of Ornament

The notion of ornament in design is inspired by arabesques, motives and decorative systems of nature. By combining these forms with new technologies and materials, design is naturalizing and metamorphing. The catalogue Design and the Wondrous: On the Nature of Ornament, produced as part of the eponymous exhibition at the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, shows us this evolution; a link between "the natural and the supernatural" (Étienne Souriau), the ornament then opens up to the notion of "the Wondrous".

Design and the Wondrous: On the Nature of Ornament

Copublishing HYX / MAMC + Saint-Étienne Métropole

Edited by Marie-Ange Brayer and Martine Dancer-Mourès

Authors : Marie-Ange Brayer, Spyros Papapetros, Martine Dancer-Mourès et Sophie Fétro

Graphic Design : E+K

Bilingual edition in French and English

Format 24 x 33 cm - Soft cover, 184 pages four-colour and b &w, 135 illustrations

ISBN 978-2-37382-015-7 - Price : 30€

Diffusion-distribution : late April

Photographic credit : Blaise Adilon, MAMC + Saint-Étienne Métropole - 2018