Analysis on the Design Style of William Morris Pattern

Abstract

William Morris (1834-1896) was a famous artist and designer in Europe in the 19th century, the founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and the father of modern design, with a pivotal position in the design world. The patterns he designed take animals and plants in nature as elements and integrate them into his own pattern design. Through regular arrangement, he created vivid and elegant patterns, which influenced designers from generation to generation. William Morris is of epoch-making significance. This paper analyses the background of the formation of Morris pattern, Morris pattern with plant as motif, color analysis, structural framework and organizational form of Morris pattern.