With the development of socio-economy and culture, forms and contents of art design are increasingly diverse. Therefore, as an important way of cultural inheritance, art education needs to adapt to the reform and innovation in this era. According to the problems in current art design education, this paper analyzes the basic characteristics required for innovative talents in the information era, discusses the necessities of the innovation of art design education and proposes the thinking method and working way in art practice should be emphasized in art design education. Moreover, this paper tries to make some beneficial exploration on the innovation of art design education.