Day 40: Information Architecture

Information architecture (IA) focuses on organizing, structuring, and labeling content effectively and sustainably.

Principles of IA

1. Objects

2. Choices

3. Disclosure

4. Exemplars

5. Front doors

6. Multiple classifications

7. Focused navigation

8. Growth

Main components of IA

1. Organization schemes and structures: How you categorize and structure information

2. Labeling systems: How you represent information

3. Navigation systems: How users browse through the information

4. Search systems: How users look for information

Tools

1. Pen and paper

2. Coggle

Best practices

1. Remember the UX process

2. All processes should be logical

3. Do not focus on hierarchy; focus on structure

References

• Create an information architecture with FigJam

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8vBqSsH2Jo.

• "Information Architecture Basics: Usability.gov.

  https://www.usability.gov/what-and-why/information-architecture.html.

• A Beginner's Guide To Information Architecture in UX

  https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/a-beginners-guide-to-information-architecture/.

• The UX Process for Information Architecture - Designers - Toptal. https://www.toptal.com/designers/ia/guide-to-information-architecture.

• What Is Information Architecture? (UX Design Guide)

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJLfjgVlwDo.