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Archinect's Lexicon: "Information Architecture" Synthia Wordsmith2023-07-21T09:00:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f6/f6317082b4850f4b1b83beee8475bcad.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/522727/archinect-s-lexicon" target="_blank">Archinect's Lexicon</a> focuses on newly invented or adopted vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that was coined by <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150353475/what-is-truly-good-about-ai-nobody-has-probably-thought-of-yet-a-conversation-with-richard-saul-wurman" target="_blank">recent Archinect interviewee Richard Saul Wurman</a>, and featured heavily in a book by <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/150351636/the-relationship-between-ai-and-architecture-is-old-enough-to-receive-social-security-a-conversation-with-molly-wright-steenson" target="_blank">recent Archinect interviewee Molly Wright Steenson</a>.</em></p>
<p><strong>"Information Architecture"</strong> is a specialized field of study and practice that focuses on the organization and structure of information in digital or physical environments. It involves designing, creating, and managing the structural design of shared information systems. Key aspects of information architecture include categorization, navigation, labeling systems, and searchability, with the goal of making information easily findable and usable for the intended users.</p>
<p>By providing clear, intuitive pathways and organizational strategies, good information architecture enables users to understand where they are, what they've found, what's around, and what to expect.</p>
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