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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design<\/strong> Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean? Or stopped to consider why you don’t see metal fire escapes on new buildings?\u00a0Or pondered the story behind those dancing\u00a0inflatable figures in car dealerships?<\/p>\n 99% Invisible<\/i> 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. 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,\u00a0The 99% Invisible City\u00a0<\/i>will captivate devoted fans of the show and anyone curious about design, urban environments, and the unsung marvels of the world around them.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/store.capitalbooksonk.com\/?q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword&qse=MauWuk6O0JM7UnrOIM_49g” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”PURCHASE” button_alignment=”left” _builder_version=”4.6.0″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday DesignRoman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt$30.00 Have you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean? Or stopped to consider why you don’t see metal fire escapes on new buildings?\u00a0Or pondered the story behind those dancing\u00a0inflatable 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. 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,\u00a0The 99% Invisible City\u00a0will captivate devoted fans of the show and anyone curious about design, urban environments, and the unsung marvels of the world around them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,81],"tags":[78],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt
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