Abstract
By seeing the item of material set as the object of information offer in Shokokusha company's “Check List of Interior and Exterior Finish Material for designers”, changes in feature article for 40 years (1964-2004) were analyzed from the high-growth era to present. Consequently, it checked that material design and role change of a performance check list had been performed, and the necessity for a material design theory not only with a technical theory but synthesis nature was checked.