List: Information Architecture | Curated by Dan Brown

Oct 3, 2023
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Information Architecture
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Cross-Cutting TopicsIdentifying, validating, and designing for topics that cut across other topics in your site’s information architecture.
Aug 12, 2022
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Aug 12, 2022
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Facets, Tags, and Cross-Cutting CategoriesFurther thoughts on cross-cutting categories, now with more tags and facets
Aug 26, 2022
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Aug 26, 2022
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Enterprise products, an information architect’s perspectiveThree features of enterprise products distinguish them from other digital products, and put pressure on the IA: purpose, tenants, and users
Jul 7, 2023
Jul 7, 2023
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Concepts, information architecture’s building blocksJust because you know what ideas are essential to a product does not mean you know anything about them.
Jul 12, 2023
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Jul 12, 2023
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Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation MenusDoing information architecture has always meant making tradeoffs  — broad vs. deep, nouns vs. verbs — but let’s add some nuance.
May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022
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Product IA is hard to talk aboutThe information architecture of products happens at a high level of abstraction and is therefore hard to recognize, acknowledge, and…
Jun 29, 2023
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Jun 29, 2023
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Do digital products have information architecture?Though information architecture is largely equated with navigation, it entails much more of the user experience.
Jun 26, 2023
Jun 26, 2023
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21 More Small Thoughts on Information ArchitectureExpositions, Illustrations, and Annotations to Scott Kubie’s 21 Small Thoughts on IA
Jan 27, 2023
Jan 27, 2023
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Six Patterns for Modeling ConceptsModels as Product, Modeling as Process
Jun 16, 2016
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Jun 16, 2016
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Information Architecture LensesPerspectives on Structure
Jul 22, 2017
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Jul 22, 2017
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Creating Excellent UX Flow ChartsIllustrate complex processes by including use cases, actions, and life cycles
Nov 12, 2018
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Nov 12, 2018
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Are Flow Charts Right for Me?Flow charts are useful for certain kinds of projects; and certain kinds of designers.
Dec 6, 2018
Dec 6, 2018
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Tasks for Treejack TestsFive essential questions for testing navigation
Jan 4, 2019
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Jan 4, 2019
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