设计的本质包括设计原则和方向、设计的定义、设计师对设计的理解以及设计在社会中的地位等。理解设计责任对理解设计本质有着非常重要的作用,强调设计的社会责任,实际上就是强调设计应该服务于大众,设计师应该承担自身的责任。本文分析了设计对象的变迁和“以人为本”设计理念的真正内涵,强调设计师应该担负起自身的设计责任,从满足社会性需求的角度进行设计。 The essence of design includes the design principles and directions, the definition of design, designers’ understanding of design and the status of design in society. Understand design responsibility to understand the nature of the design has a very important role, emphasizing the design of social responsibility, in fact, is to emphasize that design should serve the public, designers should take their own responsibility. This article analyzes the change of design objects and the true connotation of “people-oriented” design philosophy, emphasizing that designers should assume their own design responsibility and design from the perspective of meeting social needs.