The founding of most cities can be pretty haphazard. But disasters like the chicago fire and the 19 o six earthquake give people a chance to really start with a plan. What i'm interested in is what are the values of the things that we build, and what does it say about us? And how does it change over time? The effect of things? It's the human activity that centers around these objects.
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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