The work aims to display the hotspots and future trends of research on ceramic art design in the past 30 years, so that researchers of ceramic art design can clearly identify and understand the structure models in this field. Bibliometric analysis software (CiteSpace) was used to review 2299 ceramic art design studies published in the core journals of CNKI from 1992 to 2021. Research hotspots and emerging trends in the field of ceramic art design knowledge was explored by descriptive statistical analysis, Keywordmap analysis and burst detection. The study results show that the field of ceramic art design has made great progress in 30 years, of which design is the most prominent cluster, and labels such as modern ceramics and Jingdezhen are also active clusters within a certain period. Metrology will play a critical role in future research on ceramic art design, especially in the application and construction of research tools. Mapping quantification provides a valuable, timely, repeatable, and flexible method for transient network trends of ceramic art design. Deficiencies, challenges and opportunities discovered in researches can provide effective reference and new ideas for research on ceramic art design.