Kindle Edition: 303 pages
Every information system that has a visual user interface is built on information architecture. That is true, whether the system in question is a website, train indicator board, ATM, or the display on your microwave oven. All require information architecture to drive the interface.
And information forms part of our daily lives - we need it in order to function. Without information, we cannot make a phone call, order a pint of beer, catch a bus, or buy a pair of shoes that fit.
So the quality of information - how well it is structured, exposed and manipulated - dictates how effective and productive we all are. When it comes to electronic systems, the best-performing are all driven by exacting information architecture.
In this book, you will learn the essential skills - and practices - necessary to deliver quality information architecture time after time. In fact, all you need to conceive, plan and create information systems for the web, mobile and desktop software. This book covers:
What is Information Architecture?
Organising Information
Navigation Systems
Taxonomy and Labelling
Creating Sitemaps
Creating Wireframes
Creating Prototypes
Good information architects are difficult to come by. The methods and techniques set forth in this book have been tried and tested over many years. Use them, and you will surely excel in your chosen, rewarding career as an information architect.
Every information system that has a visual user interface is built on information architecture. That is true, whether the system in question is a website, train indicator board, ATM, or the display on your microwave oven. All require information architecture to drive the interface.
And information forms part of our daily lives - we need it in order to function. Without information, we cannot make a phone call, order a pint of beer, catch a bus, or buy a pair of shoes that fit.
So the quality of information - how well it is structured, exposed and manipulated - dictates how effective and productive we all are. When it comes to electronic systems, the best-performing are all driven by exacting information architecture.
In this book, you will learn the essential skills - and practices - necessary to deliver quality information architecture time after time. In fact, all you need to conceive, plan and create information systems for the web, mobile and desktop software. This book covers:
What is Information Architecture?
Organising Information
Navigation Systems
Taxonomy and Labelling
Creating Sitemaps
Creating Wireframes
Creating Prototypes
Good information architects are difficult to come by. The methods and techniques set forth in this book have been tried and tested over many years. Use them, and you will surely excel in your chosen, rewarding career as an information architect.
