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Information Architect Becomes Seattle’s “Wayfinder”

Thursday, September 21, 2006

An interesting post to the Information Architecture Institute listserv asks: “When we move from two-dimensional virtual spaces to three-dimensional spaces, are we still information architects, or are we just architects? Is there a difference? When we move from rich ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Information Architecture

Sometimes, A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Saturday, September 09, 2006

The PlainLanguage.gov initiative, sponsored by the Plain Language Action and Information Network, promotes the use of plain language for all government communications. The site provides some excellent examples of communication improvements made by several U.S. ...

Filed under: Experience Design : Usability

Design Observer: Organizing Books By Color

Saturday, September 02, 2006

In On Arranging Books by Color (Design Observer), author Rob Giampietro discusses the way we use store and use books. He examines the history of classification and retrieval systems like the Dewey Decimal System and compares it to alternative mechanisms like Pantone ...

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