The work aims to sort out and analyze related concepts, literature research hotspots, research strategies and future research trends to effectively promote domestic social innovation research with international advanced standards, construct social innovation research with Chinese characteristics, understand and grasp the design development and trend from the perspective of social innovation at home and abroad. VOSviewer and Citespace were used to analyze the data of "social innovation" and "design" in the Web of Science core collection database and the CNKI database. The changes of design research in terms of design concept, research method, research object, and result evaluation from the perspective of social innovation were explored. Three major trends in design research from the perspective of social innovation were proposed:social responsibilities and value orientation, design strategies and innovation models, design concepts and research methods. And a collaborative mechanism was established. The similarities and differences in focus, development trends and future research trends of design research from the perspective of social innovation at home and abroad are summarized. The proposed collaborative mechanism clarifies the logic and linkages of the three major trends from a holistic and systematic perspective, and provides methodological guidance for addressing future challenges. The intersection of social innovation and design fields is an important development trend for future design research, and multidisciplinary integration will also be an inevitable trend for social development.