Software for Information Architects

Information professionals have a love-hate relationship with technology. We love IT because it has made our jobs necessary by enabling the creation and connection of tremendous volumes of content, applications and processes. We hate IT because it constantly threatens to replace the need for us.

Morville, Peter. Argus Center (2001). Careers>Information Design>Software

The Speed of Information Architecture

What bothers me most about web and intranet redesign projects is the widespread practice of throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

Morville, Peter. Semantic Studios (2001). Design>Web Design>Redesign

User Experience Design

Is it more important for your web site to be desirable or accessible? How about usable or credible? The truth is, it depends on your unique balance of context, content and users, and the required tradeoffs are better made explicitly than unconsciously.

Morville, Peter. Semantic Studios (2004). Design>Web Design>User Experience>User Centered Design

Virtual Documents: The Challenges of Chunking

Beware the virtual document! It may look harmless. It certainly looks helpful. It will lure you with a siren's song of reusable content components that enhance flexibility and improve efficiency. And then, if you're not careful, it will smash you into pieces upon the rocky shores of complexity.

Morville, Peter. Semantic Studios (1999). Articles>Content Management>Single Sourcing

Defining Information Architecture  

Bad buildings and bad web sites share similar architectural roots. First, many architects don’t inhabit the structures they design. They don’t fully understand the needs of their customers, and they’re not around to suffer the long-term consequences of poor decisions. Second, creating structures to stand the test of time is really difficult.

Morville, Peter and Louis Rosenfeld. Information Architecture Institute (1998). Articles>Information Design

Cos’è l’architettura dell’informazione  

Lo sviluppo di un’architettura dell’informazione prevede parecchie sfide, ma una biblioteca è un ambiente relativamente ben definito e sono disponibili molte esperienze e sapere collettivo da cui attingere. I siti web, d’altro canto, presentano un serie di nuove sfide.

Morville, Peter and Louis Rosenfeld. Information Architecture Institute (2009). (Italian) Articles>Information Design