《美术观察》[设计批评]栏目设置八年来,得到了设计界广大读者、作者越来越多的关注,在大家的共同努力下,该栏目已经成为当代中国设计批评的主要阵地之一,也必将在日后的设计批评学术史上留下重要的痕迹。本期刊发刘永涛的文章,通过对八年来[设计批评]栏目所载文章的关键词进行定性的文本分析,从中梳理出新世纪中国设计批评的若干热点和前沿。透过这篇文章,我们不禁在对自身的历史有了更加清晰的了解和反思的同时,也让我们看到一份刊物、一个栏目,在整个当代设计史上有可能扮演的角色。 With the joint efforts of all of you, this column has become one of the main positions in the design criticism of contemporary China. It has also made it one of the major positions for critics of design in contemporary China. It is bound to leave important marks in the design criticism of academic history in the future. This issue of Liu Yongtao’s essay explores some of the hot spots and frontiers of China’s design criticism in the new century through a qualitative textual analysis of the key words contained in the article “Design Criticism” in the past eight years. Through this article, we can not help but have a clearer understanding and reflection on our own history. At the same time, we can also see a publication and a column that may play a role in the entire history of contemporary design.