Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped n
Well before the early 1500s, when Sir Thomas Moore first coined the term “Utopia,” people have been
When designing a commercial structure, there is one safety component that must be designed right int
During the 1961 Berlin Crisis—one of the various moments in the cold war in which we came frightenin
The term “hijacking” goes back to prohibition days, when gangsters would rob moonshine trucks saying
As a fashion object and symbol, the high heel shoe is weighted with meaning. It’s also weighted with
99% Invisible presents Song Exploder. A song is a product of design. It’s difficult to create an ori
In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and 80s there’s an establishing shot wit
When I go into a bank, especially if I have to stand in line waiting to make a deposit, my mind wand
The westernmost part of Manhattan, between 34th and 39th street, is pretty industrial. There’s a bus
In 1990, the federal government invited a group of geologists, linguists, astrophysicists, architect
About ten miles north of Concord, New Hampshire, off of interstate 93 there’s a little island with a
If you’ve wandered around Machu Picchu, or Stonehenge, or the Colosseum, or even snuck into that aba
Uniforms matter. When it comes to sports, they might be the only thing to which we’re actually loyal
When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington
The name is important. It’s the first thing of any product you use or buy or see. The tip of the spe
When George Laurer goes to the grocery store, he doesn’t tell the check-out people that he invented
When it’s three o’clock in the morning and everything is going wrong in your life, there’s a certain
Quatrefoil is the name of the four-lobed cloverleaf shape. It’s everywhere: adorning Gothic cathedra
A few years ago, reporter Sean Cole was working on a radio story and needed to interview the rapper
At its peak, the Berlin Wall was 100 miles long. Today only about a mile is left standing. Compared
