![]() 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. ![]() 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. When Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt were promoting. For New York City to get that dense, every man, woman, and. That’s a population density of at least 3.2 million per square mile. By its peak in the 1990s, the 6.5 acre Kowloon Walled City was home to at least 33,000 people (with estimates of up to 50,000). It restricts their movements and makes it harder for them to find food or a. Kowloon Walled City was the densest place in the world, ever. Roads in particular fracture the habitats of wide-ranging animals. Item 25942 ISBN: 9780358126607 ROMAN MARS is the creator and host of the podcast 99 Invisible, boasting over one million. ![]() 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. Roman Mars, host and creator of 99 Invisible, a sound-rich narrative podcast about architecture. Hear SUPERFISKY’S perspective on urban nature in Los Angeles, featured in the 99 Invisible podcast episode Cougar Town Wildlife and urban development don’t usually go well together. 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. Description: Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where weve just stopped noticing. A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |