图案,从它问世的那一天起,就决定它是一种美化工艺品的特殊艺术形式。包罗万象的图案题材,虽然也表现人们的各种思想意识(内容),但并非一定要有具体的内容,即不能也无法排除以纯审美为目的的图案设计。以最大限度满足和提高人们审美需要为主要职责的图案,并不排斥、否认艺术的认识和教育作用。而是以其特有的隐晦、含蓄手法寓教于美,寓教于乐;而且它的审美作用还受到工艺美术品的使用功能、材料特性、工艺技巧、生产成本等的局限和制约。离开了这些因素,图案也就不可能独立存在。它们是一个有机的整体,互为存在的条件。既然图案的主要功能是以审美为主,那么对形式美的刻意追求就成为设计图案的关键。形式美的法则多种多样,都是为了使作品的意境、气氛、风格的和谐统一;反映作者企图传达给使用者某种意念、理想和感情。因此,它更需要象诗人那样,依赖于作者丰富的艺术想象。一、想象,要敢于虚构 Pattern, from the day it came out, decided it was a special arts and crafts to beautify the art form. The all-embracing motifs, though they also show people’s various ideologies (content), do not necessarily have concrete content that can not and can not be excluded from pure aesthetic design. The pattern with the primary duty to satisfy and enhance the aesthetic needs of the people to the maximum extent does not exclude or deny the artistic understanding and educational effect. But its enigmatic, subtle approach to enlightenment in the United States, edutainment; and its aesthetic role is also subject to the use of arts and crafts features, material characteristics, craftsmanship, production costs and other limitations and constraints. Left these factors, the pattern can not exist independently. They are an organic whole, mutually existent conditions. Since the main function of the pattern is mainly aesthetic, then the deliberate pursuit of formal beauty becomes the key to the design pattern. The rules of formal beauty are varied, both in order to harmonize the artistic conception, the atmosphere and the style of the work. They also reflect the author’s intention, ideal and emotion to convey to the user. Therefore, it also needs to rely on the author’s rich artistic imagination like the poet. First, imagine, to dare to fiction