This document discusses information design and its key concepts. It covers structure and meaning in information, the role of context and constraints, articulating information across different interfaces, and envisioning future information applications. Specific topics discussed include the importance of taxonomy and models in communicating concepts, designing for different contexts like large screens versus small screens, and how information designers must understand and affect the evolution of information ecologies.
3. “Google fixed search. No one navigates.
“You don’t need IA for software-as-a-service
sites, you need interaction design.
“You don’t need IA.”
https://medium.com/@cwodtke/towards-a-new-information-architecture-f38b5cc904c0
– Christina Wodtke (ironically)
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5. “The way users get to target
content affects whether they’ll
continue looking or not.”
– Hoekman & Spool
11. “The organization of
information creates
new information”
– Richard Saul Wurman
http://www.amazon.com/Hats-Design-quarterly-Richard-Wurman/dp/B00072ALZ0
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14. Arguments are buildings
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Arguments are a journey
15. “We understand situations and statements in
terms of our conceptual system; truth for us
is always relative to that conceptual system”
– Lakoff & Johnson
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24. “The fast parts learn, propose, and absorb
shocks; the slow parts remember, integrate,
and constrain. The fast parts get all the
attention. The slow parts have all the power.”
– Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand The Clock of the Long Now, 1999
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A model that allows us to write the
rules necessary to effectively
articulate an instance in context
28. ARTICULATED IA
1. Define vision (concept)
2. Create base taxonomy (model)
3. Articulate in context (interface)
29. VISION
‣ Informs and guides information design
‣ Provides a central point of cohesion
‣ The creative brief for your information
design
32. TAXONOMY
‣ A method of arrangement designed to
create a particular kind of understanding
‣ Creates new meaning with structure
‣ The model used to communicate vision
34. TAXONOMY
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regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA
35. TAXONOMY
world sports culture money environment
regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA category
36. world sports culture money environment
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA
location
category
TAXONOMY
regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
37. world sports culture money environment
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA
time
location
category
TAXONOMY
regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
38. world sports culture money environment
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA
time
location
personality category
TAXONOMY
regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
39. world sports culture money environment
Americas NFL
Mid East MBL
Africa NHL
Europe NBA
time
location
hierarchy
personality category
TAXONOMY
regions scores popular region cities
UK people new age regions
Asia leagues people opinion opinion
40. by category
world
sports
culture
money
environment
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
The week in wildlife – in pictures
opinion The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
41. by location
Americas
UK
Europe
The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
The week in wildlife – in pictures
42. by time
developing
breaking
looking ahead
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
43. by personality
artists
athletes
leaders
pundits
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
44. by hierarchy
Popular
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
The week in wildlife – in pictures
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
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46.
47. ARTICULATION
‣ Defines “breakpoints” for an information
model
‣ Creates coherency across contexts
‣ Anticipates future information applications
48. large screen
world
sports
culture
money
environment
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
The week in wildlife – in pictures
opinion The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
49. small screen
Putin likens Ukraine’s forces to Nazis
and threatens standoff in the Arctic
The week in wildlife – in pictures
world
Americas
top stories
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
The US government can brand you a terrorist based on
a Facebook post. We can’t let them make up the rules
Chelsea’s Diego Costa seals win
over Everton in nine-goal thriller
You can try to be the next
Hemingway – for $6000
sports
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Karen O: soundtrack of my life
53. “The designer […] must abandon the conceit of
absolute control of her medium and seek
instead the abstract understanding of the
scientist”
– Lucas, Ballay & McManus
54. “We cannot specify an ecology,
but nor are we powerless to affect
its evolution. ”
– Lucas, Bally & McManus
56. BOOKS & ARTICLES
‣ Trillions. Peter Lucas, Joe Ballay, Mickey McManus. (2012)
‣ The Clock of the Long Now. Stuart Brand. (2000)
‣ Web Anatomy. Robert Hoekman Jr. & Jared Spool. (2009)
‣ Semiotics: The Basics. Daniel Chandler. (2007)
‣ Beyond the Brain. Louise Barrett. (2011)
‣ Metaphors We Live By. George Lakoff & Mark Johnson. (2003)
‣ Content Strategy for Mobile. Karen McGrane. (2012)
‣ “Killing Off the Global Navigation: One Trend to Avoid.” Nielsen Norman
Group. Jennifer Cardello & Kathryn Whitenton. (2014)
‣ “4 Reasons Why Apple’s iBeacon Is About to Disrupt Interaction Design.”
Wired. Kyle Vanhemert. (2013)
‣ “The secrets of The Guardian's Responsive Redesign.” Creative Bloq. (2014)