传统造物是中国设计学独具本土特色的重要子领域,系统梳理其研究路径与范式特征,旨在提炼主导性研究取向并建构其中观子范式。以2010—2025年十种设计类期刊中的1 778篇相关论文为研究对象,运用文献计量与质性分析相结合的方法,从研究主题、高频关键词、时间演进三个维度进行系统分析。提炼出“求是”“求解”“求用”三种主导性研究取向。“求是”取向以还原历史真相为旨归,细分为文献考释与谱系梳理;“求解”取向以阐释文化逻辑为旨归,细分为技艺深描、文化符号与观念批判;“求用”取向以探索当代出路为旨归,细分为设计创新、遗产保护与教育传承。三种取向在本体论、认识论、方法论、价值论上形成互补,共同构筑了以传统造物为主题的中观子范式。该子范式的建构为中国设计学其他子领域的范式研究提供了可参照的方法路径,也为未来中国设计学主体性研究范式的建构积累了基础性经验。

Traditional craftsmanship is an important subfield of Chinese design studies with unique local characteristics. This study systematically examines its research trajectories and paradigmatic features to identify dominant research orientations and construct its meso-level sub-paradigms. With 1 778 relevant papers from ten design journals published between 2010 and 2025 as the research subject, this study combines bibliometrics and qualitative analysis to conduct a systematic analysis across three dimensions: research themes, high-frequency key words, and temporal evolution. Three dominant research orientations, "Seeking Truth", "Seeking Solutions", and "Seeking Applications", were identified. The "Seeking Truth" orientation aims to restore historical truth and is subdivided into textual exegesis and genealogical analysis; The "Seeking Solutions" orientation aims to elucidate cultural logic and is subdivided into in-depth descriptions of craftsmanship, cultural symbols, and conceptual criticism; The "Seeking Applications" orientation aims to explore contemporary pathways and is subdivided into design innovation, heritage preservation, and educational transmission. These three orientations complement one another in terms of ontology, epistemology, methodology, and axiology, collectively constituting a meso-level sub-paradigm centered on traditional craftsmanship. The construction of this sub-paradigm provides a methodological framework for paradigm research in other subfields of Chinese design studies and lays a foundational basis for the future development of a research paradigm that establishes the subjectivity of Chinese design studies.