Roman Mars on Flags, Phones, and the Design of Everyday Life

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Enhanced with helpful links, visit conversationswithler.com. Hello everyone and welcome back to Conversations with Tyler. Today I am speaking with design expert Roman Mars, who He is the host and creator of the podcast Ninety Nine Percent Invisible, which he describes as a sound rich narrative podcast, and it's about the unnoticed architectural and design choices that shape our world. It is one of the most listened to podcasts, and it now has over five hundred million downloads. He also has an excellent book.

The 99% Invisible City subtitle A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, also with Kurt Colstedt. Roman, welcome. Oh, thank you so much for having me. It's a pleasure to be here. I have many design questions for you. I hope I have design answers for you. This I think is a hard one because I found it hard. But where do you think

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