“装饰主义”(Ornamentalism)作为后现代主义一种潮流是60年代中期在美国设计领域兴起的一场颇具影响的运动.与传统的装饰意义相比,它的回归并不仅仅在于对装饰愉悦的眷念或对历史装饰风的赞叹,而是在新的、特定的历史条件下,人们借助其表象符号.对一种新的设计文化意识的明确表达,这种表达和统治设计界几十年的现代主义信条相悖,表现为一种超理性的,对人性复归的肯定. Ornamentalism, a trend of postmodernism, was an influential movement that began in the mid-1960s in the design of the United States, and its return to traditional ornamentation was more than merely a matter of decorating pleasure Concerned about or admiration of the history of decorative wind, but in the new, specific historical conditions, people use its appearance symbol of a new design of cultural consciousness of the explicit expression of this expression and domination of the design community for decades The contrary to the creed of modernism, manifested as a super-rational affirmation of the return of humanity.