目的 在设计活动中，设计师常常利用哲学观念与图式的互释，来解读与推广设计作品。但是，哲学与图式之间过于简单粗暴的关联与解读，不仅危害“哲学”的美学包容性，而且还会使“设计”这种具有计划性的工作方式变得虚无缥缈，失去理性。日本“禅意设计”在中国的误读与泛化，把“朴素” 、 “简约”等设计观念泛化于“禅意”境界，既模糊了设计方法中的理性精神，又压抑了中国禅意中“幽默” 、 “辩证” 、 “自然”的美学特质。方法 通过对日本设计史的梳理，以及对当代日本设计师进行访谈，用例证与对比的方式进行研究。结论 发现禅宗思想对日本设计的影响并不是直接和广泛的。日本“禅意设计”概念的提出，只是对日本“侘寂”文化的拟合。对日本设计起决定性作用的仍旧是物质条件和民族文化传统。

In the design, the use of the mutual interpretation of philosophy and graphics is helpful to the analysis and popularization of modern design. But on the other hand, The simplistic way of relevance can make philosophy lose its aesthetic，planned work becomes messy. With the misunderstanding and generalization of Japan's "Zen Design" in Chinese, "simple" and "simplicity" is equivalent to "Zen", not only fuzzy rational spirit in the design method, but also hurt the Zen in the "humor", "Dialectic" and "nature" aesthetic qualities. Based on the design history and designers face interviews, using exemplification and comparison, we can find that the image of Zen Buddhism on Japanese design is not a direct and extensive, which plays a decisive role of Japanese design is still the material conditions and traditional culture.