World Information Architecture-Day-NYC-2013-Notes-on-Keynotes

Notes from World Information Architecture Day 2013 - NYC Absolutely unofficial notes and resource lists from the WIAD-NYC Keynote presentations on 2013-02-09 rdherring5@yahoo.com

I. Dan Klyn - Where did "TheArchitecture Part" of IA Come From• An introduction to the fertile, unconventional mind of Richard Saul Wurman (RSW)• Klyn presented three tenets of RSW design – Language generates structure – Decide the what before the how – Make things good• The video Interviews in the resource section give a flavor of this productive gadfly and student of architect Louis I. Kahn 2

Klyn Resources• http://www.slideshare.net/danfnord (Dan Klyn)• Richard Saul Wurman (RSW) – Brief Profile of Richard Saul Wurman (RSW) http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/innovators /richard-saul-wurman – Video interviews with RSW http://architecturalinterviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/vide o-interview-commissioner-of.html – 33: Understanding Change & the Change in Understanding [Paperback]; Publication Date: October 1, 2009 | ISBN-10: 098189898X | ISBN-13 ISBN:0596527349 | Edition: 1st | http://openisbn.com/isbn/098189898X/ 3

II. Lou Rosenfeld - IA for the Web:Original Intent• First edition of the “Polar Bear book” was “how do you begin” doing IA• Second (and Third) edition was “how do you refine” … an IA design• He exhorted practitioners to build more companies, since business models are creative products too 4

Rosenfeld Resources• http://www.slideshare.net/lrosenfeld (Louis Rosenfeld)• Peter Morville and Lou Rosenfeld – Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 1st Edition | Publication Date: February 8, 1998 | ISBN-10: 1565922824 | ISBN-13: 978-1565922822 | Edition: 1st | http://openisbn.com/isbn/1565922824/ – Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 3rd Edition | Publication Date: December 4, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0596527349 | ISBN-13: 978-0596527341 | Edition: 3rd | http://openisbn.com/isbn/0596527349/ – PDF copies of this content appear to exist on the web 5

III. Christina Wodtke - Putting theArchitecture Back into InformationArchitecture• We are conducting architecture in information spaces• Presentation was an ambitious exploration of – Major attributes of architecture (Durable/ Convenient/ Beautiful [Delight]) – Architectural concepts that distinguish artifacts from “architecture” (Servant vs. Served spaces {Louis I. Kahn} / Views/ Speed {of the experience}/ Movement 6

Wodtke Resources• http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/architecture-of- information (Christina Wodtke)• Louis I. Kahn – What Will Be Has Always Been, the Words of Louis I. Kahn [Paperback];(Wurman is editor) | Publisher: Accesspress Limited (1990) ASIN: B0012SD33U |http://www.amazon.com/What-Will-Always-Words- Louis/dp/B0012SD33U• Robert Venturi – Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture [Paperback], 2nd Edition | Release date: July 2, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0870702823 | ISBN-13: 978-0870702822 |Edition: 2nd |http://openisbn.com/isbn/0870702823/ 7

Wodtke Resources-cont.• Robert Venturi - cont. – Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form [Paperback], Revised Publication Date: June 15, 1977 | ISBN-10: 026272006X | ISBN-13: 978-0262720069 | Edition: Revised | http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780262720069/• Ada Louise Huxtable – On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change [Bargain Price] [Hardcover] | Release date: October 28, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0802717071 | Edition: 1st |http://openisbn.com/isbn/0802717071/ 8

IV. Panel Discussion (includingAbby Covert-Moderator)• Tom Wolfe – From Bauhaus to Our House [Paperback] Release date: November 24, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0312429142 | ISBN-13: 978-0312429140 | Edition: Reprint | http://openisbn.com/isbn/0312429142/• Stewart Brand − How Buildings Learn: What Happens After Theyre Built [Paperback]|Release date: October 1, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0140139966 | ISBN-13: 978-0140139969 | Edition: 1st |http://openisbn.com/isbn/0140139966/ – How Buildings Learn - Six Part BBC Series – on YouTube |http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqfg2sIH0 9

Panel Discussion Resources-cont.• Matthew Frederick – 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School [Hardcover] Publication Date: August 31, 2007 | Series: 101 Things I Learned|ISBN-10: 0262062666 | ISBN-13: 9780262062664 | http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780262062664/• W. Lidwell, K. Holden, and J. Butler – Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design [Paperback], 2nd ed. | Publication Date: January 1, 2010 | ISBN-10: 1592535879 | ISBN-13: 978-1592535873 | | http://openisbn.com/isbn/1592535879/ 10

Panel Discussion Resources-cont.• Graham Pullin Design Meets Disability [Paperback] Publication Date: February 27, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0262162555 | ISBN-13: 978-0262162555 | http://openisbn.com/isbn/0262162555/ 11

- Info Architecture Organizations -• The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org/)• Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/) – Local: http://www.ixda.org/local/directory• The User Experience Professionals Association [UXPA - formerly UPA] (http://upassoc.org/ ) – Chapters: http://upassoc.org/chapters/index.html#usa• General Assembly - New York City (https://generalassemb.ly/education?where=new-york-city) 12

Comments WelcomeRichard D. Herring• Email: rdherring5@yahoo.com• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardherring/• Twitter: http://twitter.com/rdherring5 • IXDA-NNJ: http://www.meetup.com/ia-54/ • UXPA-NJ: http://uxpanj.org/ 13

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