This paper makes a graphic and quantitative analysis on the research status and development trend of design aesthetics in China, and clarifies the development status and trend as well as research hotspots of design aesthetics, so as to provide reference for the research of design aesthetics. With the core academic papers on design aesthetics in CNKI Chinese journal database as the literature data source, and with the help of the bibliometric method of CiteSpace software, this paper makes a visual analysis on the number of literature publications, authors, author cooperation, institutions, institutional cooperation, research hotspots, research status, development trends and other contents on the research topic of design aesthetics in the past 30 years. Design aesthetics is a common demand of people for design in modern society, and it is also the application of aesthetics and art theories in design. The research of design aesthetics in China is mainly concentrated in the design colleges of universities. The researchers are scattered, and the research field is extensive and lack of cooperation. With the development of technology, design aesthetics has developed in many fields, such as art, design and philosophy. Design aesthetics has a large research space in the future. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of discipline systems and further strengthen the cooperation among scholars, institutions and regions.