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A Designed Language
Episode 16
The idea is simple and quite beautiful: if we all shared a second, politically neutral language, people of all different nations and cultures could c…
15 years ago
Sounds of the Artificial World
Episode 15
Without all the beeps and chimes, without sonic feedback, all of your modern conveniences would be very hard to use. If a device and its sounds are d…
15 years ago
Periodic Table
Episode 14
Everyone knows it when they see it. The classic “castle with turrets” periodic table is a beautiful and concise icon that contains a great deal of am…
15 years, 1 month ago
Game Over (Snap Judgment)
99% Invisible Extra! The tape rolls as we witness the tearful end of a perfect online world. This is a piece I did for Snap Judgment, based on a stor…
15 years, 1 month ago
13- Maps
Episode 13
I’m sorry, but if you don’t love maps, I don’t think we can be friends anymore. Maps are amazing. They are art and story. A representation of where w…
15 years, 2 months ago
99% Guilt Free
Episode 12
“Sustainable Design is a design philosophy that seeks to maximize the quality of the built environment, while minimizing or eliminating the negative …
15 years, 3 months ago
99% Undesigned
Episode 11
Almost everything in modern life is designed to waste energy. The whole system evolved on a false premise that petroleum is cheap and plentiful and w…
15 years, 3 months ago
99% Sound and Feel
Episode 10
Chris Downey explains it like this, “Beethoven continued to write music, even some of his best music, after he lost his hearing…What’s more preposter…
15 years, 3 months ago
One Way Ticket To Mars
99% Invisible Extra! NASA is figuring out how to take the next great leap into space. The difficulty is, if we leap to Mars, we might not make it bac…
15 years, 3 months ago
99% Private
Episode 9
Privately Owned Public Open Spaces, or POPOS, are these little gardens, terraces, plazas, and seating areas that are private property, but are mandat…
15 years, 3 months ago