I don't know what Google is indexing to generate n-grams, but MP Ranjan,
professor of design at CEPT (and longtime NID), used the term "design
thinking" back in 1997, paper here:
https://www.academia.edu/3609714/Design_Visualisation_NID_1997
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> ​Google trends is a useful way to trace the popularity of terms. Although
> Google searches from 2004, they show the first usage of "design thinking"
> to be in 2007.
>
> See
>
> http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%22design%20thinking%22
>
>
> have fun playing with the options and with other terms.
>
> don
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>
>
> Don Norman
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