{"id":8654,"date":"2013-01-04T20:42:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T04:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betaknowledge.tumblr.com\/post\/39718577078"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:57:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:57:51","slug":"design-can-be-the-stable-platform-on-which-to-entertain-unusual-bedfellows-the-glue-for-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2013\/01\/04\/design-can-be-the-stable-platform-on-which-to-entertain-unusual-bedfellows-the-glue-for-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201c[Design can be \u2026]  The stable platform on which to entertain unusual bedfellows. The glue for things\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\u201c\u201c[Design can be \u2026]  The stable platform on which to entertain unusual bedfellows. The glue for things that may not be naturally sticky. The lubricant that allows movement between ideas that don\u2019t quite run together. The medium through which we can make otherwise awkward connections and comparisons. The language for tricky conversations and translations.\u201d<br\/><br\/> - <em>Dr Ken Arnold, Head of Public Programs, The Wellcome Trust, London.<\/em><div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=ntrujzWPGfQ:ppcLeMPPDP8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=ntrujzWPGfQ:ppcLeMPPDP8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?a=ntrujzWPGfQ:ppcLeMPPDP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/NicolasNova?i=ntrujzWPGfQ:ppcLeMPPDP8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/NicolasNova\/~4\/ntrujzWPGfQ\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;&ldquo;[Design can be &hellip;]  The stable platform on which to entertain unusual bedfellows. The glue for things that may not be naturally sticky. The lubricant that allows movement between ideas that don&rsquo;t quite run together. The medium through which we can make otherwise awkward connections and comparisons. The language for tricky conversations and translations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> &#8211; <em>Dr Ken Arnold, Head of Public Programs, The Wellcome Trust, London.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,169],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201c[Design can be \u2026] The stable platform on which to entertain unusual bedfellows. 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