Tukwila/International Blvd Station Parking lot by Atomic Taco on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/atomictaco/4333647127 Mess may be visually neat and tidy
–Richard Saul Wurman Author of Information Anxiety (1989) “Information may be in fi nite, however… The organisation of information is fi nite as it can only be organised by LATCH: Location, Alphabet, Time, Category, or Hierarchy.”
Wall sized mind-map of the Cambridge University MPhil course "Introduction to musicology and its debates” by Tim Regan on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/dumbledad/4441138308/in
information by Tobi Gaulke on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/gato-gato-gato/12851862915 –Richard Saul Wurman Author of Information Anxiety (1989) “An information architect is the individual
Scrabble Tiles and Scrapbooking Letters 3 by Barbara Mazz on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/electricporcupine/4623214027 See through the mess, and help others.
The recipe by Bill Holsinger-Robinson on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/billhr/3190017092 If you have a large collection of food recipes, what are the ways in which you could arrange them?
The recipe by Bill Holsinger-Robinson on Flickr https://www. fl ickr.com/photos/billhr/3190017092 If you have a large collection of food recipes, what are the ways in which you could arrange them?
Summary • IA is all around us, but practising IA means doing it
deliberately and thoughtfully
• IA is created for speci fi c users in a particular context
• IA requires the ability to understand and capture the inherent information in things (e.g. meta-information, traits, properties, characteristics, etc.)
• IA typically involves labelling, structuring, grouping and arranging
(information can be organised using LATCH*)
• IA is expressed using diagrams and schematics
• IA is the means and not an end product *but don’t get too latched onto this
🤔 Thanks! Chris How — All You Need To Know About IA In 10 Minutes Abby Covert — How to Make Sense of Any Mess Dan Brown — Eight Principles of Information Architecture 💬