MRW @aptshadow's new book Green City Wars stars an intelligent, hat-wearing urban raccoon🎩
Kurt Kohlstedt
@kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social
Skeptical urbanist & design journalist @ 99% Invisible || NYT Best Seller: http://99pi.org/book || M. Arch || Visual musings @ http://instagram.com/kurtkohlstedt 🦝 More @ kurtkohlstedt.com
Low-key obsessed with this mutant building behind Open Book in Mpls
This Fortnite backpack sprite is truly the stuff of nightmares
Attention Twin Cities! Come hang out with your fellow Beautiful Nerds this Sunday for A 99PI Meetup (100 Objects Edition!) (P.S. Bonus pod merch for early arrivals) #99pi 🎙️99PI Meetup in Mpls [100 Objects Edition] 📆Sunday, June 7th @ 2:00 PM 📍Spyhouse Coffee in Northeast Mpls
Attn: Twin Cities 99% Invisible fans! 🎙️99PI Meetup in Mpls [100 Objects Edition] 📅 Sunday, June 7th @ 2:00 PM 📍 Spyhouse Coffee in Northeast Mpls Join fellow nerds & 99PI's own Kurt Kohlstedt to celebrate our new BBC collab! (P.S. Bonus pod merch for early arrivals) #99pi
"There's a common misconception that Brutalist buildings were unpainted, but thanks to microscopic analysis of the exteriors we can now recreate what they looked like in their prime." (c/o @cairosmith.bsky.social )
Looking for an architectural illustrator (paid work) -- someone with a basic ability to sketch out low-detail building types, simple sections, site plans, diagrams, and so on. Drop a link to your website/portfolio if interested. Including some general vibe examples.
We've decided to share a set of four of our favorite stories from the half decade– each of which corresponds to one of the four main chapters of The 99% Invisible City. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
Spot the rabbit?! Ninja bunny makes for an apt 'easter egg' on this Mpls manhole cover, surrounded by ladyslippers. 🐇🥚
Where it all started: in 2007, I launched WebUrbanist, promising myself that I would make rent within 3 months or find a 'real job.' Then I traded my 'freedom' for the best job ever @99pi.org, and went on to write a Bestseller with @romanmars.bsky.social Best decisions of my professional life! 🤓
WebUrbanist
Urban Art, Architecture, Design & Built Environments
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I finally went full nerd with some new black-and-white MN state plates. (So feel free to shout 'nerd!' if you see me driving out and about in beautiful Midtown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.) #99pi
Just purchased a 'missing middle' New Urbanist townhouse in Riverside, which was built as part of a block-sized, mixed-density development. Will soon be selling my adaptive reuse condo in the mixed-use Midtown Exchange Building. Sometimes I feel like a parody of my (den)city-loving self 😜
Celebrating the 5th anniversary of our NYT Bestseller: The 99% Invisible City 🥳 ... and my own *10th year* at #99pi !!!
We defined the medium! Also excited to see my current and former Radiotopia chums in this list.
99% Invisible@99pi.org · last yr.To celebrate 20 years of podcasting(!), Apple has picked 99% Invisible as one of 20 shows that helped define the medium. It's an honor. We're in some great company on this list. apple.co/20podcasts
Baskets on e-bikes probably sounded like a good idea during a lazy boardroom chat. But anyone with an ounce of common sense could have foreseen that they would become (decfacto) public trash bins (without anyone to empty them, no less). Next iteration: a built-in bungee cord ststem perhaps...
Obligatory pics of the city's famous Dish Rack Bldg. (Srsly tho it's amazing in person). Pirate ship for scale ⚓☠️
Vertical additions to vintage architecture in Sydney, AU
Months in the making, my 12-part project on accessible design: 99pi.org/adapt (companion episode w/Roman Mars @ 99pi.org/episode/630-... )
Adapt or Design - 99% Invisible
Last year, 99pi’s Kurt Kohlstedt suffered a severe injury that incapacitated his right arm and dominant hand. In the aftermath, new everyday challenges led him to research, test, and evolve accessible...
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Of all the parts of these multiple series I'm working on about adaptive one-handed technology and design for long-haul injuries ... this is the only one that was better served without images of me or designs. Better to just let Ohren bask in the limelight and show off some of his seasonal apparel 🤩
99% Invisible@99pi.org · last yr.In this third and final act of Broken Plexus, 99pi's @kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social covers clothing challenges raised by conflicting sensory inputs, from numbness to hypersensitivity ... with his dog Ohren sporting apparel for, uh, illustrative purposes ... 🥰 #adaptivedesign 99pi.org/article/clot...
Wrapping up Single Handed, a six-part mini-series on adaptive designs for (fellow) functionally one-handed users. But there's more to come ... starting tomorrow with another arc of stories set at the intersection of design and long-haul physical rehabilitation. 99pi.org/article/one-...
Single Handed (6 of 6): Hand Lenders Point Out Adaptive Designs & Helpful Ideas - 99% Invisible
Each of the five pieces in this miniseries, leading up to this one, has considered a different subset of adaptive design problems for people dealing with one working hand, like I was in the wake of a ...
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Went fully invisible (or 99% Invisible) in my 200-level urban geography course this semester. Used @romanmars.bsky.social & @kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social's @99pi.org book, The 99% Invisible City, as the textbook, & academic geographers' writings. Getting students to critically notice the city. #geosky
"I’m not in the (cargo) pocket of Big Prana" may be the best line I ever write ✨
Single Handed (3 of 6): Inclusive Left-Sided Apparel Embodies "Found Fashion" Ethos - 99% Invisible
Last year, I found myself working my way through my wardrobe, considering what I could and couldn’t wear comfortably with a newly disabled right arm. Among other concerns, I knew a lot of my clothes w...
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Last year, 99pi's @KurtKohlstedt suffered a severe injury initially rendering his right arm and hand both completely numb and paralyzed .... This is the first article in a six-part mini-series that covers a range of adaptive designs for people with one working hand. 99pi.org/article/adap...
Single Handed (1 of 6): Design Adaptations for Living with One (Functional) Hand - 99% Invisible
Last year, I suffered a severe injury initially rendering my right arm and hand both completely numb and paralyzed. Tests revealed severe damage to a network of nerves called the brachial plexus.…
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Urban reuse is as old as cities. Wherever there has been long-term human habitation, there has been spolia, Latin for “spoils,” as in “the spoils of war” -- pieces of old architecture creatively incorporated into brand new buildings. #99pi #99piCity #Book 99percentinvisible.org/article/spol...
My favorite spot in Seattle, my old stomping grounds, is a green space bridging a massive motorway -- skip the Space Needle and check out Freeway Park #99pi
Final @99pi.org mini stories of this cycle - featuring the great @kellyprime.bsky.social, a fun one from @kurtkohlstedt.bsky.social and the triumphant return of Gillian Jacobs! This is a really fun set. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/610-...
Mini-Stories: Volume 20 - 99% Invisible
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button, electric signs, a very important sticker, and video you can smell. Let’s get into it! Snooze Buttons...
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