
99% Private
Privately Owned Public Open Spaces, or POPOS, are these little gardens, terraces, plazas, and seating areas that are private property, but are mandated for public use. City planners require developers to add these little âparksâ to their buildings to make ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
5 Nov 20104min

99% Free Parking
Itâs weird how much anxiety comes from parking in a city. Beyond the stress of looking for parking, you must contend with the frequently unreliable meters. The signage can be indecipherable. As a point of interaction with your municipality, itâs ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
29 Okt 20105min

99% Alien
Humans need a few basic things to survive- air, water, food, heat, shelter- but just surviving isnât really enough. We also need familiarity, a little comfort, interaction, a small place of our own. When it comes to designing space habitat ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
14 Okt 20104min

99% Symbolic
Before I moved to Chicago in 2005, I didnât even know cities had their own flags. In Chicago, the city flag is everywhere. Itâs incorporated into all different aspects of city life and the design elements are used on businesses, ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
7 Okt 20104min

99% Forgotten
At the top of Mt. Olympus in San Francisco, on what was once thought to be the geographic center of the city, is a pedestal for a statue that isnât there. Thereâs no marker. You can just make out the ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
1 Okt 20104min

99% Details
Itâs a stick with bristles poking out of it. It doesnât even qualify as a simple machine, but the careful thought and design that went into the creation of the modern, angled bristle, fat handled toothbrush shows just how much ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
24 Sep 20105min

99% Reality (only)
Thereâs not much that we can do about all the physical matter thatâs been designed and built by someone else. It is the way it is. But with the advent of portable devices with GPS, a compass, and a network, ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
24 Sep 20104min

99% 180
In the beginning, former AIA-SF president Henrik Bull and the Transamerica Pyramid did not get along. The building was an affront to late 1960âs modernist ideals. It was silly. It looked like a dunce cap. Its large scale had no ⊠Continue reading â Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.
23 Sep 20104min