The article assesses the role of elements of decorative art in domestic design. It allocates sources and interrelation of decorative art and design, considers separate definitions of a concept of design. It is established that basic characteristic which helps to separate design from decorative creativity is manual artwork inherent in decorative art. The article argues that generally the design and decorative art are interdependent, while being rather autonomous, providing particular examples from creative practice of the Ukrainian artists and designers. It also considers functioning of creative platforms of the National Museum of the Ukrainian folk decorative art and the Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine.
It is unconditional that the role of design steadily increases in the modern world, and a similar trend will only gain strength. Designers of our country managed not only to accumulate the Ukrainian traditional, original art in modern art objects, but also to solve a problem of innovations in decorative art, to keep it as a valuable reference point of modern culture according to the level of social and technological development of society. The role of the National Museum of the Ukrainian folk decorative art and the Museum of Modern Art of Ukraine which act de facto as art spaces for creative exhibitions of designers and other artists of our country is considerable.
Review of "Thinking Machines: Art and Design in the Computer Age, 1959-1989. Museum of Modern Art.