99% Invisible

by Roman Mars · · · · 1 subscribers

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 the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.

329- Orphan Drugs Nov. 14, 2018
The fight to get drugs that treat rare diseases on the market and the unintended consequence of that fight, which affected the cost of all kinds of drugs.
329- Orphan Drugs Nov. 14, 2018
The fight to get drugs that treat rare diseases on the market and the unintended consequence of that fight, which affected the cost of all kinds of drugs.
Devo’s first record and the fight over the arresting image of a flashy, handsome golf legend on the cover.
Devo’s first record and the fight over the arresting image of a flashy, handsome golf legend on the cover.
327- A Year in the Dark Oct. 31, 2018
The almost year-long struggle to get power working on the island and the utility worker who became a Puerto Rican folk hero.
327- A Year in the Dark Oct. 31, 2018
The almost year-long struggle to get power working on the island and the utility worker who became a Puerto Rican folk hero.
The illustrated interpretation of dinosaur morphology and behavior has had a big impact on how the public views dinosaurs and it's gone through a couple of key turning points, including a more recent push for more speculative paleoart.
The illustrated interpretation of dinosaur morphology and behavior has had a big impact on how the public views dinosaurs and it's gone through a couple of key turning points, including a more recent push for more speculative paleoart.
Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town, guides us through the chaotic founding of Oklahoma City, which happened all in one day in 1889
Sam Anderson, author of Boom Town, guides us through the chaotic founding of Oklahoma City, which happened all in one day in 1889
Groups of people who historically haven’t had a voice, have expressed themselves on their bodies. Through their style, their hair, their tattoos, their piercings, and what they wear.
Groups of people who historically haven’t had a voice, have expressed themselves on their bodies. Through their style, their hair, their tattoos, their piercings, and what they wear.
You can learn a lot from observing an old pair of blue jeans.
You can learn a lot from observing an old pair of blue jeans.
Much of understanding an aloha shirt is about paying attention to what is on the shirt itself. It’s about looking at the pattern to see the story it tells.
Much of understanding an aloha shirt is about paying attention to what is on the shirt itself. It’s about looking at the pattern to see the story it tells.
Womenswear is littered with fake pockets that don’t open, or shallow pockets that can hardly hold more than a paperclip. If women's clothes have pockets at all, they are often and smaller and just fit less than men’s pockets do.
Womenswear is littered with fake pockets that don’t open, or shallow pockets that can hardly hold more than a paperclip. If women's clothes have pockets at all, they are often and smaller and just fit less than men’s pockets do.
Lots of different groups have adopted plaid over the course of the 20th century, but if we want to explore how this pattern proliferated, we’ve got to go to Scotland.
Lots of different groups have adopted plaid over the course of the 20th century, but if we want to explore how this pattern proliferated, we’ve got to go to Scotland.