Издатель «Roman Mars»

A 99pi guide to some of our favorite design features of Chicago

Kirkbrides and the architecture of madness

99% Invisible presents Song Exploder. A song is a product of design. It’s difficult to create an original melody, but that’s only the blueprint. Every element of a piece of music could be produced any number of ways,

Roman and Kurt describe Oakland as it is

The decade-long quest to find out Who Let The Dogs Out

All the ways people try to change their community that isn’t through city planning or some kind of official process.

In just about every movie set in New York City in the 1970s and 80s there’s an establishing shot with a graffiti-covered subway. For city officials, train graffiti was a sign that they had lost control. So, starting in the … Continue reading →

We're kicking off the new year at 99pi with a fresh installment of mini-stories, including: a strange collision of mundane infrastructure and political insurrection; a graphic design history mystery dating back to the 1980s; what may be the most hated architectural design of 2021; and a record-br...

Data is the lifeblood of public health, and has been since the beginning of the field. We take a look at data gathering in regards to public health from the 1600s to today and how it might change in the future.

With the current shortage of toilet paper, we look at how it went from being a rarity to an essential item in just a few decades