Roman Mars

99% Invisible City (eBook, ePUB)

A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER ';[A] diverse and enlightening book . . . The 99% Invisible City is altogether fresh and imaginative when it comes to thinking about urban spaces.' The New York Times Book Review';Here is a field guide, a boon, abible, for the urban curious. Yourcity's secret anatomy laid barea hundred things you look at but don't see, see but don't know. Each entry is a compact, surprising story, a thought piece, an invitation to marvel. Together, they are almost transformative. To know why things are as theyare adds a satisfying richness to daily existence. This book is terrific, just terrific.' Mary Roach,New York Timesbestselling author ofStiff,Grunt,andGulp';The 99% Invisible Citybrings into view the fascinating but often unnoticed worlds we walk and drive through every day, and to read it is to feel newly alive and aware of your place in the world. This book made me laugh, and it made me cry, and it reminded me to always read the plaque.' John Green,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Fault in Our StarsandTurtles All The Way DownA beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcastHave you ever wondered what those bright, squiggly graffiti marks on the sidewalk mean? Or stopped to consider why you dont see metal fire escapes on new buildings? Or pondered the story behind those dancinginflatable 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 Worldof 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780358125020
• Artikelnr.: 60883119

Autorenporträt

ROMAN MARS is creator and host of 99% Invisible, the wildly popular podcast exploring architecture and design, for which he produced the most successful crowdfunding campaigns for a podcast in Kickstarter history. Fast Company named Mars one of the 100 Most Creative People in 2013 and he was a TED main stage speaker in 2015.