Mansuri Khadija Ilyas

IR3596

UG180280

This paper explores the evolution of ornamentation in art, architecture, and design across cultures and its resurgence through digital tools. It examines the changing criteria for defining ornamentation and its aesthetic evolution through exposure to manufacturing techniques. The study highlights Medium Specificity as an essential approach for contemporary ornamentation and its potential to creatively solve design problems. It identifies contemporary ornamentation in interior, architecture, and design, whether referencing the past or generated computationally. Additional work


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Unfolding the Contemporary ornament

Abstract, Aim and Research methodology

Ornament through the ages

Digital tool as a medium: Introduction to Discrete ornament

Discrete ornament

Introduction to In discrete ornament

In discrete ornament

Traditional techniques as a medium: Introduction to Herzog and De Meuron's practice of using ornamentation

Herzog & De Meuron: Ornamentation as an artistic expression

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