Information Architecture

ID= IA+IV

IA:-
Structure and oraganization of descreet pieces of information..?!!
http://synapticburn.com/comments.php?id=24_0_1_0_C

BY Information Architecture Institute

1) The structural design of shared information environments.
2) The art and science of organizing and labeling web sites, intranets, online communities and software to support usability and findability.
3) An emerging community of practice focused on bringing principles of design and architecture to the digital landscape.

http://iainstitute.org/pg/about_us.php

Asilomar: refuge from sea (met: of information anarchy)

By Scott Nelson- Roles and resp in a a/w company

1) delivering and gathering information from end users (an IA, forexample, would not IMHO
design the Photoshop Interface.
2) less likely to involve Visual Design
3) probably a dedicateddesigner on team
4) more likely to involve content creation
5) somewhat "Production Tool Agnostic"; the final product's shape iswhat matters, not the
material used to build it.

skot@penguinstorm.com
http://www.penguinstorm.com/

For IV:- Look for Edward Tufte