Cities respond to things that they hadn't imagined happening. For example, stephen johnson's book is about the discovery of the real cause of the cholera outbreak in london. And it led to a total re work of how the water came to the city and how it was purified. I think i take sort of almost spiritual solace in these things. Like, i look at the golden gate bridge, and i just think it is the greatest structure that was ever created. It represents all these people getting together to do a thing where a bunch of people recognized,. you know, itd be really good for all these people over here to be able to get to this side
On this special feature episode, President Bill Clinton interviews 99% Invisible host and creator Roman Mars.
Roman Mars has spent his career chronicling these bits of human ingenuity that we so often take for granted—things like the utility codes, the curb cuts, the traffic signals, and much more. As host of the 99% Invisible and, with Kurt Kohlstedt, co-author of the book The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, his work challenges all of us to look up and around, and to think about the how and the why of design around the world in a different way.
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