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This document provides an overview of information architecture and its history. It discusses key concepts like organization systems, navigation systems, and search systems. The roots of information architecture can be traced back to fields like visual design, information design, architecture, library science, and cognitive psychology. Information architecture helps users understand where they are, find related content, and navigate complex information spaces.
Information Architecture class2 01 16
- 1. 1/16/2013 More About What It Is SI 658 Information Architecture Marti Gukeisen 1 SI658 Information Architecture
- 2. More About What It Is 1/23/2013 Related Readings Pervasive Information Architecture Andrea Resmini & Luca Rosati ISBN 978-0-12-382094-5 Ch 2 Toward a Pervasive Information Architecture rd Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3 Edition (The Polar Bear Book) Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld ISBN 978-0-596-52734-1 Ch 1 Defining Information Architecture Ch 4 The Anatomy of an Information Architecture 2 SI658 Information Architecture
- 3. The History of IA Where did it come from? 1/16/2013 3 SI658 Information Architecture
- 4. More About What It Is (Another) Timeline of IA early 1970s Xerox PARC develops first personal computer with a graphical user interface Computers will fit on a desk 1975 The term “Architecture of Information” is coined by Richard Saul Wurman (a real architect, as in buildings) 1980s heads down. deliverables develop: blueprints, requirements, guidelines 1988 The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman is publish. Design thinking about ease of use. 1997 Information Architects by Richard Saul Wurman is Published 1998 1/16/2013 Polar Bear Book is published. IA has a guide for practice 1999 Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug is published 2000 60-70s Information Design 80s Information Systems First IA Summit conference Practical Information Architecture by Eric Reiss is published early 2000s First phones supporting web browsing appear 2002 Information Architecture Institute is founded to advance the field and support practitioners 2005 Ambient Findability by Peter Morville is published Digital Ground by Malcolm MCCullough is published 2006 First ideƏ conference 1990-2000s Classic IA 2007 Everything is miscellaneous David Weinberger is published Designing Web Navigation by James Kalbach iPhone introduced 2010 Accidental Taxonomist by Heather Hedden is published 2000-2010s Pervasive & Ubiquitous IA 4 SI658 Information Architecture
- 5. 1/16/2013 What the textbooks say IA from the perspective of Resmini, Rosati, and a polar bear. 5 SI658 Information Architecture
- 6. More About What It Is Polar Bear 101 in•for•ma•tion ar•chi•tec•ture n. 1. The structural design of shared information environments. 2. The combination of organization, labeling, search, and navigation systems within web sites and intranets. 3. The art and science of shaping information products and experiences to support usability and findability. 4. An emerging discipline and community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape. 1/16/2013 6 SI658 Information Architecture
- 7. More About What It Is What it isn’t 1/16/2013 Graphic design is NOT information architecture. Software development is NOT information architecture. Usability engineering is NOT information architecture. reality check: defining what ‘information architecture’ is, not the bounds of your professional role. One person could do IA, usability engineering, graphic design, and software development. They probably get “ninja” in their job title. 7 SI658 Information Architecture
- 8. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 What is an Information Architect? Richard Saul Wurman says they… organize patterns inherent in data make the complex clear create structure or map address needs of clarity, human understanding 8 SI658 Information Architecture
- 9. More About What It Is Vocabulary Quiz Ubiquitous Computing Bridge Experience 1/16/2013 9 SI658 Information Architecture
- 10. More About What It Is Vocabulary Quiz Organization systems Navigation systems Search systems Labeling systems Content Structure Sequencing Tagging 1/16/2013 10 SI658 Information Architecture
- 11. More About What It Is Information Architecture helps… tell us where we are find related things / pages / content understand ways to move around where we can do important things 1/16/2013 11 SI658 Information Architecture
- 12. More About What It Is Bottoms Up 1/16/2013 12 SI658 Information Architecture
- 13. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 Information Architecture helps… tell us where we are tell us what we can do find related things / pages / content understand ways to move around convey what’s credible and what’s for sale facilitate discovery mitigate information overload guess needs we didn’t know we have; meet them in context 13 SI658 Information Architecture
- 14. More About What It Is A side note about metadata What metadata used to be: the data ABOUT the data eg. if your ‘data’ is a book 1/16/2013 the metadata includes: title, pub date, author, ISBN, #pages, famous quotes 14 SI658 Information Architecture
- 15. More About What It Is A side note about metadata What metadata is now: the stuff you don't know about the thing you do know meaning…you can start with any piece to find the other pieces. e.g. data could be: author’s name, a line from the book, or “that book about the elephant that splashes everyone” and you could find, reviews, pub date, (and soon which of your friends has read it) 1/16/2013 15 SI658 Information Architecture
- 16. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 Which makes metadata & content structuring mad important to understand and get right 16 SI658 Information Architecture
- 17. More About What It Is Deliverables 1/16/2013 17 SI658 Information Architecture
- 18. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 the elephant in every IA discussion moral to the story: everyone can say something different, and everyone can be right dilemma: what you say or show can be interpreted multiple ways (and they aren’t wrong) 18 SI658 Information Architecture
- 19. More About What It Is Roots of IA 1/16/2013 architecture 19 SI658 Information Architecture
- 20. More About What It Is Roots of IA – some notes about their influence visual design never discount the “feel” side of how people interpret what they see overlap when it comes to visual hierarchy visual designers can be valuable innovators, coming up with new ways to structure & deliver information* info design focused on a visual approach to conveying data, with same objectives: making the complex clear expose patterns, meaning 1/16/2013 * can also break everything 20 SI658 Information Architecture
- 21. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 Roots of IA – some notes about their influence architecture deliverables: blueprints / wireframes metaphor for understanding our role in creation process library science first, longest at organizing groups of content with metadata and relationships to each other cognitive psychology how people interpret information how we evolved to process information how we do 21 SI658 Information Architecture
- 22. More About What It Is Back to Boersma’s T-Model 1/16/2013 this is who is thinking, but WHAT are they thinking about? 22 SI658 Information Architecture
- 23. More About What It Is Domain. Medium. Messy. 1/16/2013 Size phone tablet desktop TV billboard Visual Complexity text only text & images animated images video 3D Privacy private shared public Personalization unique to 1 unique to group unique to type generic Location Home / Work Inside / Outside geographic-GPS Car / Traveling 23 SI658 Information Architecture
- 24. 1/16/2013 Group Time Getting started on your group assignments 24 SI658 Information Architecture
- 25. More About What It Is Step 1: Form groups 5-7 people per group 1/16/2013 you don’t have to know each other, but it’s probably better if you don’t hate each other there will be minimal time required outside of class (so schedule coordination should not be a problem) similar topic interests might be a good way to start 25 SI658 Information Architecture
- 26. More About What It Is Step 2: Select a product/service/thing It should have lots of STUFF. Been there done that (no repeats, but these were good ideas): 1. Hulu 2. IMDB 3. AADL 4. etsy.com 5. discogs.com 6. StumbleUpon 1/16/2013 26 SI658 Information Architecture
- 27. More About What It Is Step 3: tell me about it Have 1 person in your group email me: the names of all your group members what product/service/thing will be your focus throughout this semester your group mascot 1/16/2013 27 SI658 Information Architecture
- 28. More About What It Is Recap Step 1: Form groups Step 2: Select a product/service/thing Step 3: tell me about it, and your mascot 1/16/2013 28 SI658 Information Architecture
- 29. More About What It Is Step 4: first look at first group assignment Start thinking about your product/service in terms of: anatomy of as-is IA elevator pitch business model canvas ♪ back it up to “volume zero” We’ll discuss more next week. 1/16/2013 29 SI658 Information Architecture
- 30. More About What It Is Anatomy of as-is IA identifying architectural components Organization systems Labeling systems Navigation systems Searching systems Browsing aids Search aids Content and tasks 1/16/2013 30 SI658 Information Architecture
- 31. Wrap Up More stuff for you to do. 1/16/2013 31 SI658 Information Architecture
- 32. More About What It Is For next week Due TUES Jan 22th at 11 pm. 50-300 words responding to the following: 1/16/2013 Polar Bear Ch 3 User Needs and Behavior Ch 10 Research 32 SI658 Information Architecture
- 33. More About What It Is 1/16/2013 Rockstar & Software Eval presentations start next week Sign up now if you have not already – signup has gone digital. See ctools. I will notice if you just don’t sign up / present. Evaluation sheets are available on ctools. If you signed up to present Jan 23, get ready 33 SI658 Information Architecture
- 34. 1/16/2013 Laters Questions? 34 SI658 Information Architecture
Editor's Notes
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