Category Archives for Information Architecture Design
Richard Saul Wurman at BIF-4
Also, please don’t miss Walt Mossbeg’s interview with RSW
Wurmanisms from DRC 09
Former student of mine has a great write-up of her experience attending the Design Research Conference. She includes some classic quotes from Richard online pokie machines Saul Wurman – go to her blog and read them. Update: Katie McCurdy follows … Continue reading
The Problem With Famous Architects
Since this is my own private soapbox, I”m going to feel free to make a sweeping and weakly substantiated observation. Which is this: I think there”s maybe starrrrting to be an uptick of interest in architecture from within the IA … Continue reading
Kai Turner on The Future Of Information Architecture
I’m still working my way through
Important Meme From Frascari’s The Tell-The-Tale Detail
The role of detail as a minimal unit in the process of signifcation PDF of article
Beautiful Things "Work" Better, Except Maybe When We're Talking About UX Deliverables
Seems to me there”s some sort of meta-critique that can be made (or perhaps has already been made) regarding what Norman observes about attractive things being functionally superior to ugly things, and the conflicting idea in some UX circles that … Continue reading
Keyword/Concept Themes And Linking Architectures On eCommerce Sites
Armando Roggio at the aptly-named Practical eCommerce put up a conceptually crisp screencast on keyword theme-ing and how it relates to information architecture for eCommerce sites. They don’t provide an embed thingy on their player so … I just stole … Continue reading
The Rise of CAD = The Decline of Physical / Minature Modelling?
One of the big “question areas” I’m going to be exploring with architects as I do research for the book I’ve started writing is the rise of the use of CAD in regular-old architecture design and development processes and for … Continue reading