Proposals are open until October 14th, 2019. Share your expertise with the world. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or a first time speaker, we want to hear from you! IAC is a leading information architecture conference where information architects, UX designers, content strategists, taxonomists and other design practitioners meet to talk about understanding, organizing, and communicating information. Submit a proposal to share your ideas with the community. We’re looking for new voices and new ideas, and especially those related this year’s theme: Sense and sense-making . While we welcome all...
All funds will support World IA Day 2019 worldwide organizations Buy this great shirt to support Wear your support for World Information Architecture Day 2019 and its theme Design for a Difference . As designers, we are responsible for creating worlds of experiences, environments, services, and systems that impact millions of people – with lasting impacts. While we don’t have a Hippocratic Oath, it’s important for us to follow a similar goal to “do good” and “do no harm.” Hurry, sale ends Monday, December 24. I want to wear my support
You asked, we answered! The 2019 Scholarship Application is now open. The IA Conference wants to make the Information Architecture Summit more accessible to people of diverse backgrounds. The IA Conference Scholarship Program is actively recruiting and providing scholarships to students from backgrounds underrepresented at the IA Conference to assist them with attending the IA Conference and leadership positions within the IA community. About the Program IA Conference Scholars share in the prestige and opportunities that become available when they are selected. Each scholar will attend the IA...
Don't miss EuroiA 2018 and its exciting look at the intersection of information architect, technology and humanity. Dublin Ireland, September 27 - September 30. Register today with code IAI50 for a special IAI 50 Euro discount.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been examining IA and developing a framework for how IA can be used to develop an inventory of federal government programs. The problem they are facing is inconsistency around definitions and information across agencies. The ultimate goal is to make government more transparent and reveal areas of duplication and overlap. On November 30, 2017 the IAI invited the IA community to a webinar where the GAO team presented: How IA Principles and practices can help organize, structure and present federal programs Key steps to develop and maintain the...
Thank you to everyone who joined the virtual 2017 Information Architecture Institute annual general meeting on October 11 at 9am PT/4pm GMT. Here are some of the links we mentioned in todays meeting: Salary Survey sneak peek – The full report will be coming out soon! IAI Library Barn Raising IAI Conversation Space Journal of IA We will be posting the recording of this meeting shortly. The meeting will highlight the the Institute's high-level strategy toward sustainability followed by an open floor for questions. Thanks again to our sponsor, Rosenfeld Media. Every IAI Annual Meeting attendee...
World Information Architecture Day is a one-day annual celebration hosted by the Information Architecture Institute and held in dozens of locations across the world. This community of like-minded professionals and enthusiasts share the common goal of teaching, learning, and shaping the future of information architecture. Because of the ubiquitous nature of information, we see information architecture is not just practiced by specialists. Instead information is architected by people holding all sorts of titles, coming from all walks of life. Each World IA Day celebration is hosted by one or...
logo-designers-ethiques-01.png On May 12 at ENS de Lyon (France) will run the first French conference about ethics in the design practice. The Designers Éthiques collective, students of ENS de Lyon, and the FLUPA association have the pleasure to invite you to this day - sponsored by the Information Architecture Institute. This day aims to gather speakers and public from the design workers and researchers, in various conferences, workshops and round tables. Around two hundred people will work with us to think the ethics of design and built concrete tools and features for the design workers. If...
What Good Means with Rob Bell and Dan Klyn Register today for an evening with New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell and current IA Institute President Dan Klyn, who'll each present a teaching and together lead audience Q&A on what it means (and some of what it takes) to make things be good. Music entertainment will be provided by Los Tres Caballeros who are a batá vocal ensemble of folkloric proportions. Able to leap any cultural barrier in a single bound, this trio of batá toting super heroes will be sonically sampling sounds from all around the world...leaving it up to you to...
Attention students! Enter to win a chance to attend the IA Summit in Vancouver, Canada. Share with us what you think is the best representation or example of Information Architecture to win a free registration to the Summit’s 3-day main conference from March 24 - 26, 2017. Entry is simple. Just post a photo with a short statement to our Twitter account (@iainstitute) or Facebook page by March 4, 2017 9:00am PST to participate. Contest Disclaimers and Notes Four prizes will be awarded, consisting of one free ticket to the 2016 IA Summit, which includes the conference ticket only and does not...