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A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, 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 consider why you don't see metal fire escapes on new buildings?
Or pondered the story 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.
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La ciudad invisible: Una guía de las maravillas ocultas del espacio urbano
Nov 23, 2022, Ediciones Península
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Book Reading : the 99% Invisible City Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt LOGBOOK: Journal Your Thoughts in Real-Time As You Read, Complete with Chapter Character and Plot Fields
2021, Independently Published
in English
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Oct 06, 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Blackstone Publishing, Houghton Mifflin
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99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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0358125022 9780358125020
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99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Wonders of the Modern Metropolis
2020, Hodder & Stoughton
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Oct 06, 2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Oct 06, 2020, Hmh Audio, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Blackstone Publishing
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99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
2020, Harcourt
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