The 99% Invisible City
A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Ratings21
Average rating4.1
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A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design
Ratings21
Average rating4.1
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast
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“Cities might not always function as smoothly as we might wish, but given the number of different people working to keep them going, well, it's pretty amazing that they work at all.”
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Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstecdt did a fun job of bringing into the light many hidden features built into the cities around us. This was an entertaining and captivating narrative, sharing the many intricate, yet overlooked details built into our everyday lives. Like revolving doors: they can cause anxiety and joy in people, but they were made to be a door that is always open and always closed, mainly to reduce strain on heating and cooling systems. There are so many interesting facts in this book and I highly recommend giving it a try, you never know how many new things you will learn.
This was great! Read by the author, who also has a podcast (just signed up!), and the book grew out of the podcast. I learned so much! The audiobook includes a Q&A between the two authors, and an episode of the podcast. I also had the ebook, which includes diagrams and photos. I want a copy of the physical book.. this one is a keeper!
Both the book, filled with wonderful illustrations and the audiobook featuring the dulcet tones of Roman Mars are worth your time. If you love the built world and are curious about the whys in your city, this book is for you. Its like a crash course to 99% Invisible podcast or a great refresher to it.
This is not a book, it's a long and tedious list of random stuff loosely organized into chapters. It's the most bored I've ever been reading something fascinating.
