Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped n
It started with some Pittsburgh humor. Pittsburgh-based comedian Tom Muisal does a bit about a GPS u
There is a beauty to a universal standard. The idea that people across the world can agree that when
You know the saying: you can’t judge a book by its cover. With magazines, it’s pretty much the oppos
Like the best of these stories, the two bitter rivals started out as best friends: William Van Alen
On July 28, 1945, an airplane crashed into the Empire State Building. A B-25 bomber was flying a rou
Elevators are old. They would have to be. Because it is in our nature to rise. History is full of th
If you tune around on a shortwave radio, you might stumble across a voice reciting an endless stream
Cameron Smith is building a space suit in his apartment. He’s not an astronaut. He’s not even an eng
We have seen the future, and the future is mostly blue. Or, put another way: in our representations
There is an allure in unbuilt structures: the utopian, futuristic transports, the impossibly tall sk
The story goes like this: Theophilus Van Kannel hated chivalry. There was nothing he despised more t
I love those moments when you’re walking in your neighborhood and suddenly nothing is familiar. In a
99% Invisible started as a side project I made in my bedroom at night, and after two years of making
We have one cardinal rule on 99% Invisible: No cardinals. Meaning, we deal with the built world, not
If you are an undertaker in 1878 Kansas City, and you learn that your competitor’s wife works as a t
If you were a movie star in the market for a mansion in 1930s Los Angeles, there was a good chance y
There’s a term that epitomizes what we radio producers aspire to create: the “driveway moment.” It’s
By now, the story is well known. A man sits in the backseat of a cab, sketching on a notepad as nigh
Chicago’s biggest design achievement probably isn’t one of its amazing skyscrapers, but the Chicago
If you grew up watching Warner Brothers cartoons, you might remember seeing the name Chuck Jones in
