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99% Free Parking
Episode 8
It’s weird how much anxiety comes from parking in a city. Beyond the stress of looking for parking, you must contend with the frequently unreliable m…
15 years, 4 months ago
99% Alien
Episode 7
Humans need a few basic things to survive- air, water, food, heat, shelter- but just surviving isn’t really enough. We also need familiarity, a littl…
15 years, 4 months ago
99% Symbolic
Episode 6
Before I moved to Chicago in 2005, I didn’t even know cities had their own flags. In Chicago, the city flag is everywhere. It’s incorporated into all…
15 years, 4 months ago
99% Forgotten
Episode 5
At the top of Mt. Olympus in San Francisco, on what was once thought to be the geographic center of the city, is a pedestal for a statue that isn’t t…
15 years, 5 months ago
99% Details
Episode 4
It’s a stick with bristles poking out of it. It doesn’t even qualify as a simple machine, but the careful thought and design that went into the creat…
15 years, 5 months ago
99% Reality (only)
Episode 3
There’s not much that we can do about all the physical matter that’s been designed and built by someone else. It is the way it is. But with the adven…
15 years, 5 months ago
99% 180
Episode 2
In the beginning, former AIA-SF president Henrik Bull and the Transamerica Pyramid did not get along. The building was an affront to late 1960’s mode…
15 years, 5 months ago
99% Noise
Episode 1
This episode of 99% Invisible is all about acoustic design, the city soundscape, and how to make listening in shared spaces pleasant (or at the very …
15 years, 5 months ago
99% Invisible: The Trailer
Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of…
15 years, 6 months ago