Pervasive
information
architecture
for cross-channel
user experiences




Luca Rosati   @lucarosati   lucarosati.it
UX is like a
hopscotch
Start




          to be
        continue
X-channel




Sketch by Dan Willis, dswillis.com
retailer’s ability to create a
seamless shopping UX
across channels is the
key factor for consumers
loyalty


Source: Retail TouchPoints 2011
The case of
Istituto degli
Innocenti
Documentation center   Historical archive




Library                         Museum
Breaking
down the
silos
From silos to
ecosystem
The glue
Knowledge
organization
systems are
independent
of the medium
they are
cross-media
and
cross-channel
Cross-channel
physical-digital
ecosystem
Doc. Center    Minori.it




                            Digital
Museum      Thesaurus
                          repository



     Historical
                    Library
      archive
User experience
as a flow
Museum
           Library




         Web
...and narrative
We are time-bound
entities. We cannot
think without a flow of
time through our flesh.
So we are not objects,
but processes ... the
microhistories
of people with objects
– Bruce Sterling
Places are used as
wax. They bear the
layers of a writing that
can be effaced and yet
written over again, in
a constant redrafting.
Places are the site of a
mnemonic
palimpsest
– Giuliana Bruno
Let’s recap
Shift from product
to ecosystem
User experience as
a flow across
channels
...and narrative
Rayuela by Gotan Project
Innocenti project team
 Antonella Schena, Rita Massacesi, Aurora
 Siliberto – Doc. center & Thesaurus
 Carlo Toccaceli Blasi – CIO
 Stefano Filipponi, Eleonora Mazzocchi –
 Museo degli Innocenti
 Anna Maria Maccelli, Lucia Ricciardi –
 Historical archive
Akabit.it – Minori.it development
IfNet – Thesaurus digitalization
Luca Rosati – Information Architect
Photos credits
1, 22. Hopschotch – DarkElfPhoto
4. Intent paths – Dan Willis
7, 8. Piazza SS. Annunziata, Firenze
– David Bramhall, Aurelio Candido
10. Silos – Eirik Refsdal
– all retrieved in Flickr



2, 26. Rayuela, by Gotan Project
– frame from the official video

Information Architecture for Cross-channel Experiences