目的 厘清信息设计的发展脉络，探究研究重点与核心方法。方法 以信息设计定义中的共现概念为基础，梳理学科发展脉络，通过区分研究目的、对象，以及要素的基础性与衍生性关系，构建信息设计的狭义概念，并从设计流程、方法属性和信息加工3个维度进行分类，利用力导图对分类结果进行聚类分析。结论 信息设计概念的内涵是信息的高层次转化，外延是信息架构与可视化。信息设计方法主要来自制图学、平面设计和认知科学领域，以在交付阶段采用混合研究方法进行可视化为研究重点，未来的发展趋势主要有信息预测和量化研究。

It clarifies the development context of Information Design, and then explores the focus area and core methods. Based on the concept of co-occurrence in the definition of Information Design, the development of the subject is traced back to the source, and the narrow definition of Information Design is constructed by distinguishing the basic and derivative of the research purposes, objects and elements. Hereby, the Information Design methods are collected and classified from three dimensions:design flow, method attribute and information processing, and the classification results are clustered by force diagram. The connotation of the concept of Information Design is the high-level transformation of information, and the extension is Information Architecture and Visualization. Information Design methods mainly come from the fields of Cartography, Graphic Design and Cognitive Science. The research is based on using mixed research methods for visualization in the delivery stage. The future development trends of Information Design mainly include information forecasting and quantitative research.