The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

Synopsis

An entertaining guide to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, featuring new and exclusive material from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast. Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean?Or stopped to ponder who gets to name the streets we walk along?Or what the story is behind those dancing inflatable figures in car dealerships?99% Invisible is a big-ideas podcast about small-seeming things, revealing stories baked into the buildings we inhabit, the streets we drive, and the sidewalks we traverse. The show celebrates design and architecture in all of its functional glory and accidental absurdity, with intriguing tales of both designers and the people impacted by their designs.Now, in The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to Hidden World of Everyday Design, host Roman Mars and coauthor Kurt Kohlstedt zoom in on the various elements that make our cities work, exploring the origins and other fascinating stories behind everything from power grids and fire escapes to drinking fountains and street signs. With deeply researched entries and beautiful line drawings throughout, The 99% Invisible City will captivate devoted fans of the show and anyone curious about design, urban environments, and the unsung marvels of the world around them.__________You are about to see stories everywhere, you beautiful nerd. Now get out there.(P)2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781529355260

Related ISBNs:

9781529355277

Publisher:

Hodder & Stoughton

Date of Addition:

10/19/22

Copyrighted By:

Roman Mars

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Narrated By:

Roman Mars

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.