Creativity is the driving force of innovation in scientific, technological and cultural aspects. Creativity Support Systems have been shown to improve creative output of practitioners. This article contributes a literature review on design oriented individual creativity support system (ICSS). We review latest work, research domain, the stages supported and devices used in design-oriented-ICSS. A thorough examination of over 111 literatures (83 digital tools) is carried out, providing the action channel for emerging design-oriented-ICSS that would better support the creative process. The future research of design-oriented-ICSS should focus on design intelligence integrated, cross-domain knowledge reference, dynamic stimulus adjustment, user personalized customization, diverse design scenarios support, and multi-domain applications.