Books Details
Author : Roman Mars Pages : 400 pages Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 0358126606 ISBN-13 : 9780358126607
Books Descriptions
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
