An Analysis of Educational Pathways for Innovative Design Thinking in Traditional Culture: Integrating Tradition with Innovationn

Abstract

Against the dual backdrop of global cultural integration and the awakening of local consciousness, the innovative development of traditional culture has become a pressing issue of our times. Consequently, modern art and design face heightened demands. Design thinking, as a human-centered, iteratively optimized belief system, constitutes a methodology for innovative exploration. This paper, grounded in the perspective of traditional cultural innovation, delves into how to integrate design thinking into the curriculum system. It aims to cultivate the original creative capabilities—in both formal expression and creative thinking—of practitioners and inheritors of intangible cultural heritage who possess foundational technical skills. By reforming teaching methods and evaluation mechanisms across multiple dimensions, it provides key pathwas for breathing new life into traditional culture, empowering its sustainable inheritance and contemporary transformation through modern design thinking.