Slides from the closing keynote address at World Information Architecture Day in Bristol, England on February 20, 2016

1. 20
FEB
2016 BRISTOL
WIAD

2. 22
JAN
2016
ARCHITECTS
STEENSON
WRIGHT
MOLLY
DON’T SAY
ARCHITECTED’‘

3. Lionel Cironneau / AP
“…a recurring response that I saw on
architecture-centric sites was to snicker
at West’s use of the word “architect” as a
verb. For many, this was symbolic of
West’s ignorance and hubris as he
presumed to talk about something
without knowing anything.
Except, of course, that “architect” is well
recognized as a verb. Dictionaries say so,
…academics say so.”

7. ARCHITECTURE
IS NOT THE SAME THING
AS DESIGN

8. 1972 EAMES
CHARLES
PROBLEM?”
SOVE A & RAY
DOES IT“

9. BETTER

10. 1982
C.
OF FUNCTION.”
IS PRIOR
OF SPACE
THE ORDER
TO THE ISSUE
ALEXANDER
“

11. 1982 RSW
FIND A SOLUTION
TO DESIGNERS
SEDUCTION
PERVASIVE
HAS BEEN TO
“THE CLASSIC
INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH”

12. GOOD

14. AGREEMENT

15. 1996
PACE
BRAND
STEWART
LAYERS

17. 1983
PETER
JOURNALISM.”
LITERATURE
THAT
IN THE SAME WAY
IS MORE THAN
EISENMAN
SOMETHING MORE
MUST BE
ARCHITECTURE
THAN BUILDING
“

18. 1974 MONEOHALL
RAFAELTOWN

19. 1979
NORBERG-
TOTALITY.”
ARE ASPECTS
AND MEANING
STRUCTURE
OF THE SAME
SCHULZ
“
C.

21. 1966 SOLOMON
BARBARA
MEAN
STAUFFAUCHERSHAPES

23. 1976 JOHNSTONMEAN
JOESHAPES

25. 1971
MARTIN
UNDER SKY”
MEANS
ON EARTH
TO BE
TO BE
HEIDEGGER
“

26. EMBODIMENT

32. 1964 HALPRIN
MLTW
RANCH
& LARRYSEA

39. 1972 I.M. PEIMEANS
SPACE

40. 1976 JOHNSONMEANS
SPACE PHILIP

41. 1979
RELATIONSHIPS
TO OTHER
“
CONSISTS IN ITS
THE MEANING
OF ANY OBJECT
OBJECTS”
NORBERG-
SCHULZ
C.

43. 1962
IN THEIR
BRAQUE
GEORGES
RELATIONSHIPS”
“
I BELIEVE ONLY
I DO NOT
BELIEVE IN THINGS

44. 2011
FOR
RESMINI
ANDREA
CINEMA”
LANGUAGE
AND SEMANTIC
A COMMON,
SHARED VISUAL
HAVE
WE“

51. 1968
SHAPE
KUBRICK
STANLEY
US
IN SPACE
SHAPES

52. “We put aside existing notions
about news apps and imagined
what our journalism would be if
it lived natively on your iPhone.
It wouldn’t be a facsimile of our
website. It would be something
entirely different, with original
writing, new features, and a fresh
interface.”

54. CHOREOGRAPHY ONTOLOGYTAXONOMY

55. Q
QUESTIONS
WITHOUT
OBVIOUS
ANSWERS
(YET)

56. WHAT ARE THE
HALLMARKS OF
POORLY-ARCHITECTED
PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES?

57. 2012
JORGE
CONTEXTS”
OF MEANING
INTEGRITY
THE STRUCTURAL
ACROSS
ARANGO
“

60. WHERE ARE THE
STRONGEST CENTERS
OF MEANING
IN AN INFO-
ARCHITECTURAL SPACE
TYPICALLY SITUATED?

62. FLOW

65. WHEN
DO YOU KNOW
THAT YOU’VE GOT
A GOOD STRUCTURE?

66. 2005 COUNCIL
UK
DIAMOND
DOUBLE DESIGN

67. A
SOME
APPROACHES
TO ARCHI-
TECTING

68. WHAT
BEFORE
HOW

70. 1976

71. L A T C H

73. DEPICTION
STRATEGY

77. WHOLENESS

80. WONDER

81. 1972
DOING
KAHN
LOUIS
WONDER?”
“
AM I
HOW

83. WE NEED TO PICK UP
WHERE STEVE JOBS
LEFT OFF
“
“

85. 1954 EAMES
CHARLES
DE PREE
MAX & ESTHER & RAY

90. ARCHITECTS
EVERYWHERE

91. THANK YOU
@undrstndng

92. http://iainstitute.org