The story of a small island nation, a fight for independence, a fight for dependence...and a flag. Plus, we're announcing our first book!
Marcia Chatelain on how McDonald's replaced the state in Black America
The forgotten story of the first paramedics in the US, a team of pioneering EMTs from Pittsburgh's largely Black Hill District
All across the country, protestors have been challenging old monuments, including the ones of Juan de Oñate in NM, which we've been following for a couple years
In the US, mascots are used to pump up crowds at sporting events, or for traumatizing generations of children at Chuck E. Cheese, but in Japan it’s different.
How Instagram and architecture interact and feed back on each other
The symbolism and weight of the white wedding dress
Diamonds represent value, in all its multiple meanings: values, as in ethics, and value as in actual price. But what are these rocks actually worth?
Formal menswear can be traced back to American Revolution, classical statuary, and one particular bloke bopping around downtown London way back in the 1770s.
Perfume can be a key to a whole olfactory world
Brands hold immense sway over both consumers and the American legal system. Few know this as well as Dapper Dan.
In the wake of World War II, the government of France commissioned its most prominent designers to create a collection of miniature fashion dolls
Researchers who are using this bizarre, tragic moment to learn something new about the world
Stories inspired by two people from the world of architecture and design we've lost due to COVID
Why the culture behind epidemic masks developed so differently in China and the doctor who started it all
Katie Mingle reports on how COVID-19 is affecting the unhoused and what people are doing to protect everyone
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
Roman talks with Jody Avirgan about his new show on Raditopia
A city shaken and a voice that held it together
On this shelter-in-place edition of 99pi, Roman walks around his house and tells stories about the history and design of various objects