

It’s tempting to think that the powerful amplifiers and giant speakers at the dance parties were designed to perfectly capture Jamaica’s indigenous sounds. It looks like there's an issue with JavaScript in your browser. If you like listening to 99% Invisible, you probably like fun, fascinating nonfiction that teaches you something you never thought you’d want to learn about. 99 Invisible 565 Episodes 42 minutes 510- Wickedest Sound Jamaica is famous around the world for its music, including genres like ska, dub, and reggae. 99 Invisible is a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99 invisible activity that shapes our world.

Design is everywhere in peoples lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where it needs just stopped. Believe me: the episode on the exciting world of temperature-controlled shipping units is surprisingly fascinating! Episodes like this drive home the podcast’s central theme: that design is everywhere, invisibly impacting history, culture, and our everyday lives. 99 Invisible: With Abdullah Alassil, Roman Mars.

In a deep, soothing voice, host Roman Mars shares stories about a wide range of design-adjacent topics like, the history of New York City’s scantily-clad public sculptures, the powerful art of well-designed corporate logos, and the world’s love/hate relationship with Brutalist Architecture (I’m looking at you, City Hall!).Īrt, architecture, and city planning are perennial 99% Invisible topics, but my favorite episodes are the ones that take you somewhere unexpected. Lucky for me and my fellow time-and attention-challenged, design-ignorant podcast fans, 99% Invisible isn’t one bit technical, wonky, or boring. Am I interested in learning how design works? Sure, but only after I finish reading the ten books stacked up next to my bed, find the time to clean out my pantry, and finally watch This is Us. The badge hides automatically when badgeContent is zero. 199 dangers of, in Brazil, 285,293 distorting racial justice movements, 19899 invisible global context of white supremacy, 19698 limitations of. But do I know a single thing about how design works? No. The visibility of badges can be controlled using the invisible prop. Before I first listened to 99% Invisible, I had heard it be described as “an audio podcast about visual design.” I feel like I appreciate good design-in particular, I’m partial to beautiful picturebooks and slow drives through gorgeous neighborhoods I could never afford to live in. A NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, USA TODAY, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER A diverse and enlightening book.
