Frontier hotspots and trend evolution of cultural and creative design in China—an empirical research on CNKI-based bibliometrics

Abstract

PurposeWith the continuous improvement of social and economic development as well as the rising level of demand for spiritual life, the design of cultural and creative products has ushered in new opportunities and challenges. Therefore the research related to cultural and creative products design is an inevitable choice for industrial innovation and market competition. The article aims to analyze the frontier hotspots and trend evolution of theoretical research on cultural and creative design in China by presenting different research fields, personnel and institutions embodied by cultural and creative products, thus providing a forward-looking development reference for China's special cultural and creative product design practice.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the visualized citation analysis tool — CiteSpace V is used to analyze and map the relevant literature of Chinese cultural and creative design in CNKI (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure) as the data sources, through bibliometric methods, in order to study the application development of Chinese cultural and creative design and provide reference for the application research of Chinese cultural and creative industries.FindingsWith the improvement of China's comprehensive strength, cultural self-confidence and strategy are being paid more and more attention by scholars; with the future research of China's cultural and creative design theory, cross-integration becomes the future trend; with the gradual maturity of China's cultural and creative design methodology, how to choose the right method for pioneering research is a difficulty for the future development of cultural and creative design; with the continuous development of China's economy, the method construction of innovative cultural and creative industry system becomes the focus of future research; with the continuous progress of science and technology, the integration of emotion and product industry is the mainstream of future development on cultural and creative design.Originality/valueThrough an objective empirical analysis of the development of Chinese cultural and creative products, it will broaden the research horizons of relevant scholars, understand the development direction of China's cultural and creative industries, enrich the design practice application of Chinese cultural and creative products, enhance the understanding of international counterparts on Chinese cultural and creative design research and promote the exchange among international counterparts.

[Retracted] The Impact of Cultural Creative Product Design for Sport Events on the Residents’ Fitness

“…However, the design of cultural and creative products of sports events needs correct guidance, so as to play a role in promoting residents' fitness. However, some scholars believe that the cultural creative product design of sports events should integrate various factors [ 2 ], such as natural characteristics, historical characteristics, folk crafts, and regional culture, otherwise it is difficult to play its role. Some scholars believe that the design of cultural and creative products of sports events needs certain methods as guidance and integration with local cultural characteristics, so as to give full play to the comprehensive advantages of design [ 3 ].…”

Editorial: Special selection on bibliometrics and literature review

“…Readers may also be interested in Hsiao and Chen (2021) about the continuance intention to use a food-ordering chatbot. Notably, CiteSpace is a common tool used by Song et al (2020) for analyzing LIS research articles, Zhao et al (2021) for psychological processing of contextual cues, Liu and Li (2021) for land use and carbon emissions and Feng et al (2022) for cultural and creative design.…”

“…They discovered that the research topics of DHPAC research in China were unbalanced but distinct. Readers may also be interested in the bibliometric analysis of Feng et al (2022) on cultural and creative design in China.…”

Research on the mechanism of emotional design in Chinese cultural and creative products

“…With the advent of China's post-industrial era, China's product design has changed from globalization to seeking differentiation. Relying on China's profound cultural heritage, aided by human emotional needs, will enable China's cultural and creative products to better develop the international market and spread Chinese culture at the same time [9,10], cultural confidence and cultural strategy are also concerned by more and more scholars [11]. However, overly subtle and emotional creations are difficult to resonate with different cultural groups in a short period [12,13].…”

“…See Tables 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 below. Author contributions WJ conducted the collection and research, YL and CW designed the questionnaire, and YL, FX and KW participated in the analysis of the synthesis, data analysis and model construction. All authors read and approved the fnal manuscript.…”