Information Architect Becomes Seattle’s “Wayfinder”
An interesting post to the Information Architecture Institute listserv asks: “When we move from two-dimensional virtual spaces to three-dimensional spaces, are we still information architects, or are we just architects? Is there a difference? When we move from rich interfaces in the virtual world to rich interfaces in the physical world, what’s that?”
We at TheContentWrangler.com are not sure what the answers to these thought-provoking questions are, but we’re really intrigued by the recent work of Lynne Faulk, an information architect/experience designer who has morphed herself into a professional Wayfinder. The Seattle Post Intelligencer features an article about Lynne that documents both her work designing a new-and-improved sign system for the downtown Seattle public library and the common sense improvements she made to help citizens use the city’s pay-to-park kiosks.
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For more on the architecture of the Seattle central public library view a video cast here http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_prince_ramus. The first 10 minutes he devotes to describing some of the thoughts of the design of the library. At ~9:20 minutes into the video you can view, first hand, the issues article mentions.
On the same site is a presentation by one of the founders of six apart, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=m_trott.
Enjoy.