9780358126607-0358126606-The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

ISBN-13: 9780358126607
ISBN-10: 0358126606
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover 400 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780358126607
ISBN-10: 0358126606
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover 400 pages

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The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design (ISBN-13: 9780358126607 and ISBN-10: 0358126606), written by authors Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, was published by Dey Street Books in 2020. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Buildings (Architecture) books. You can easily purchase or rent The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Buildings books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.46.

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ANEW 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, a bible, for the urban curious. Your city's secret anatomy laid bare--a 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 they are adds a satisfying richness to daily existence. This book is terrific, just terrific."

--Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of StiffGrunt, and Gulp




"The 99% Invisible City brings 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 Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All The Way Down




A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular99% 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, inThe 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 Citywill 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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