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23.03.2024
In the late 1920s, the Ford Motor Company bought up millions of acres of land in Brazil. They loaded boats with machinery and supplies, and shipped them deep into the Amazon rainforest. Workers cut do... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
297- Blood, Sweat and Tears (City of the Future, Part 2)
The story of the Bijlmer continues Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
296- Bijlmer (City of the Future, Part 1)
After World War 2, city planners in Amsterdam wanted to design the perfect “City of the Future.” They decided to build a new neighborhood, close to Amsterdam, that would be a perfect encapsulation of ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
295- Making a Mark: Visual Identity with Tom Geismar
Tom Geismar has been a driving force in the field of design and graphic identity for over 60 years. The influence of the firm he co-founded can be felt in logos you see every day. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Three stories about the physical border at the southern edge of the U.S. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
In the 1970s it looked like the beloved, 200-year-old Cape Hatteras lighthouse was in danger. The sea was getting closer and threatening to swallow it up. And people were torn over what to do about it... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
292- Speech Bubbles: Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud
Cartoonist and theorist Scott McCloud has been making and thinking about comics for decades. He is the author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. This classic volume explores formal aspects of... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Air conditioning does a lot more than cool spaces. It has dramatically changed where people in the United States live and the design of homes and other buildings. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
This part two of the 2017/2018 mini-stories episodes, where Roman interviews the staff and our collaborators about their favorite little design stories that don’t quite fill out an entire episode. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Biomimicry- Vox + 99% Invisible Video
Japan’s Shinkansen doesn’t look like your typical train. It is a fascinating example of biomimicry, the design movement pioneered by biologist and writer Janine Benyus. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Mysterious ice boats, green ruins, sack dresses, steampunk violins, and a little update from a couple of the notable city flags that have been redesigned around the country. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
288- Guerrilla Public Service Redux
In the early morning of August 5, 2001, artist Richard Ankrom and a group of friends assembled on the 4th Street bridge over the 110 freeway in Los Angeles. They had gathered to commit a crime — one A... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
The culture of heavily regulated, data-driven, auto-safety engineering did not always exist. In fact, for decades, automakers tried to keep data about car wrecks to themselves. They not only resisted ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
286- A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Cream
Clive Desmond covers the golden age of radio ads, featuring Frank Zappa, Ken Nordine, Linda Ronstadt, and Randy Newman in this featured episode. Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
For a long time, anti-counterfeiting laws made it illegal to show US currency in movies. Now you can show real money, but fake money is often preferred. Creating fake money that looks real enough for ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
284- Hero Props: Graphic Design in Film & Television
Annie Atkins specializes in graphics for filmmaking, including lettering, illustrations and more -- she has designed all kinds of graphic props, including telegrams, vintage cigarette packaging, maps,... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
New York was built at the mouth of the Hudson River and one creature in particular shaped the landscape: the oyster. Over time, pollution and other environmental changes killed off that oyster populat... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
The line to enter Barcelona’s most famous cathedral often stretches around the block. La Sagrada Família, designed by Antoni Gaudí, draws millions of visitors each year. There are a lot of Gothic chur... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
The United States is one of just a handful of countries that that isn’t officially metric. Instead, Americans measure things our own way, in units that are basically inscrutable to non-Americans, near... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
It’s hard to overstate the vastness of the Skid Row neighborhood in Los Angeles. It spans roughly 50 blocks, which is about a fifth of the entire downtown area of Los Angeles. It’s very clear when you... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Among the most important advances in sports technology, few can compete with the invention of the sports bra. Following the passage of Title IX in 1972, women’s interest in athletics surged. But their... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Ponte City Tower, the brutalist cylindrical high-rise that towers over Johannesburg, has gone from a symbol of white opulence to something far more complicated. It’s gone through very hard times, but ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Around the world, there is a lot of buzz around the idea of universal basic income (also known as “unconditional basic income” or UBI). It can take different forms or vary in the details, but in essen... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Coal miner stickers started out as little advertisements that the manufacturers of mining equipment handed out. Even before the late 1960s, when mining safety laws started requiring reflective materia... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict if we’ll be valuable customers and whether we’re likely to repay a loan. They filter what we see on social m... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
273- Notes on an Imagined Plaque
Monuments don’t just appear in the wake of someone’s death — they are erected for reasons specific to a time and place. In 1905, one such memorial was put up in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, to commemo... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Tech analysts estimate that over six billion emojis are sent each day. Emojis, which started off as a collection of low-resolution pixelated images from Japan, have become a well-established and graph... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
On the border of Virginia and North Carolina stretches a great, dismal swamp. The Great Dismal Swamp, actually — that’s the name British colonists gave it centuries ago. The swamp covers about 190 squ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Imagine for a moment the year 1800. A doctor is meeting with a patient – most likely in the patient’s home. The patient is complaining about shortness of breath. A cough, a fever. The doctor might che... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
When the tape started rolling in old analog recording studios, there was a feeling that musicians were about to capture a particular moment. On tape, there was no “undo.” They could try again, if they... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
In Spain, they do the lottery differently. First of all, it’s a country-wide obsession — about 75% of Spaniards buy a ticket. There’s more than one lottery in Spain, but the one that Spaniards are the... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
267- The Trials of Dan and Dave
This is the story of an ad campaign produced for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona. Perennial runner-up in the sports shoe category, Reebok, was trying to make its mark and take down Nike. They chos... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Most people are familiar with at least one version of the birth control pill’s packaging — a round plastic disc which opens like a shell and looks like a makeup compact. But the pill wasn’t always pac... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
This is the story of a curvy, kidney-shaped swimming pool born in Northern Europe that had a huge ripple effect on popular culture in Southern California and landscape architecture in Northern Califor... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
The 1968 Olympics took place in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first games ever hosted in a Latin American country. And for Mexico City, the event was an opportunity to show the world that they were ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
“You should do a story…” is the first line to a lot of the conversations you have when you work at 99pi. This week we look into a bunch of those stories suggested by our listeners and present them to ... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
In the 1992, the Baltimore Orioles opened their baseball season at a brand new stadium called Oriole Park at Camden Yards, right along the downtown harbor. The stadium was small and intimate, built wi... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
Intro to a new Roman Mars podcast: What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
Special introductory episode to a new podcast produced by Roman Mars and Elizabeth Joh. Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches Intro to Constitutional Law and most of the time this is a pretty straight forwa... Подробнее000
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23.03.2024
199- The Yin and Yang of Basketball (Repeat)
In 1891, a physical education teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts invented the game we would come to know as basketball. In setting the height of the baskets, he inadvertently created a design probl... Подробнее000
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