Houghton Mifflin The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design

A great book that allowed me to rediscover the world around me in a new lens, taking in the things I usually just gloss over. I also gifted this book to someone who's an engineer by trade, and they loved it as well. All to say: a great read, for the uninitiated to urban planning and pros alike!

“The 99% Invisible City” book is a spin off from the 99%invisible podcast, there is also a website and merchandise site. As time moves on, things change in a city, from the original roots of the city through to different fashions, which could be changes in road signs and markings, the way buildings are built, the squared design on Police uniforms. All of these things have a history, that impacts onto today. The book is written in an easy to read, light hearted way and it walks you through inconspicuous, conspicuous, infrastructure, architecture, geography and urbanism. The signs to look for and the history behind those features. At 351 pages it’s a pretty long book, but great fun and will hopefully enable you to see your walks around cities differently.

Bien

Love the podcast…& love the book

Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt have produced a fascinating book (content) which is a pleasure even to just look at and hold (form). I highly recommend this book. Not just for design nerds!