....Navigate articles.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 1 IA and the Underground .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 2 A few thoughts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 3 Type01's definition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 4 Sapient's definition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 5 Copywriting online .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 6 A global medium? .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 7 Building trust .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 8 Introducing Sam Ruben ++ Setting the Scene ++ Fonts ++ Colour ++ Images ++ Linking ++ Tables ++ Frames ++ Going Live ++ Search Engines ++ HTML Editors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 9 dHTML navigation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 10 Between Clicks; Expanding IA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 11 Right click, view source. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 12 Refresh .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 13 Creative expression on the web .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 14 Learning to surf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 15 The illusion of consistency .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 16 The hard sell .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 17 The promised land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 18 An intro to user journeys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 19 IA Summit 06 [5 meg ppt] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 20 Designing for developing contexts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 21 Communal computing & shared spaces of use .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 22 Hotel Yeoville .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Home home     contact       Information architects are interested in conceptualising and creating interactive, 3 dimensional spaces in digital environments. They are meant to facilitate easy and intuitive use of navigation and sensible information retrieval. They imagine how people will move through digital spaces and what people will leave these spaces with. A common analogy to the IA role is the function of a librarian – some people even consider that a good qualification for becoming an IA. This view seems to make a distinction between the content itself and the mechanisms or structures for moving through the content or finding the content. The nagging thought on my mind is what happens when the architecture, navigation and movement through a website becomes part of the content? What if the way a site is conceptualised and constructed is actually part of the experience, meaning and content? | 1 | 2 | Here are a few examples: 1. The Trinity Session (art company based in Johannesburg South Africa). Online Exhibition: http://www.onair.co.za/safefood/home_frame.htm 2. Hi-Res (commercial Internet design, London) Film site: http://www.center-of-the-world.com 3. Ubermorgen (art company and consultants, Austria and various) Media hack: http://www.hijack.org/hijacksearch.html Page 2     home     contact