podcast

The Gruen Effect

An episode of the podcast 99% Invisible, describing the history of the American shopping mall as retail spaces that are designed for impulse shopping.
Listen to the podcast, and feel free to read the text.

Trailblazers: Connected homes

Systems-enrich episode, podcast

Devices in the home are talking to each other. You’ve no doubt heard of Nest. Now it’s time to hear from the rest – including the many interesting advances that got us here.

Containers – Episode 1

Production-mandatory podcast

First episode of a series of podcasts about containers and how global trade has transformed the economy and ourselves. This episode sets the stage and puts the container in relation to our global supply chain.

Barcodes

Norms-mandatory podcast

Believe it or not, there was a time when we didn’t have barcodes. This is the story of how they came about.