A Sensible Framework for Information Architecture

September 16, 2020 The Understanding Group

TUG Co-founder Bob Royce talks about TUG's PASS Process, a framework for doing good information architecture that TUG uses throughout its projects.

Strategy And Structure: Doing It Right, And How You'd Know

July 8, 2020 The Understanding Group

Audio and slides from the opening keynote presentation TUG co-founder Dan Klyn was invited to give at the 2015 Italian IA Summit in Bologna, Italy.

Ducks and Decorated Sheds at UX Thursday

May 31, 2020 Dan Klyn

Dan Klyn follows up his talk on UX Radio with a conversation about structural form, what "good" means, and how meaning and structure can be inter-related.

Christopher Alexander: Patterns In Architecture

May 30, 2020 Dan Klyn

A trans-coded gem from the VHS library at the University of Michigan school of Art & Architecture. Christopher Alexander gives a 3-part talk to object-oriented programming enthusiasts in Southern California back in 1996, and the perspectives he lends on generating living structures and making things be good are an inspiration to our work at The Understanding Group. We hope it inspires you too.

IA Summit 2014 Wrap Up: Taxonomy Workshop, Photos, & Looking Forward to IAS15

November 9, 2019 Jessica Duverneay

Jessica DuVerneay shares her reflections:
Almost a week later, and I’m still exhausted from the Information Architecture Summit 2014 in San Diego. And I mean that in a good way, in a GREAT way. After hosting a workshop, attending four keynotes, attending near 15 amazing talks, having an innumerable amount of wonderful and challenging conversations with great IA minds, (and somehow managing to eat, sleep, and be a human in there, too) I’m wiped, in the best way possible.

The World is the Screen: Understanding Information Environments - ConveyUX 2014

November 9, 2019 Andrew Hinton

Andrew Hinton provides his slides and speaker notes for a presentation on information environments he gave in 2014 Convey UX in Seattle.

Language is Infrastructure: The Presentation

November 9, 2019 Andrew Hinton

Andrew Hinton's reflects on his ongoing journey toward figuring out what it is we architect when we do information architecture.

Dutch Uncles, Ducks and Decorated Sheds - Ignite UX 2013

November 9, 2019 Dan Klyn

Dan Klyn shares his slides from his Ignite UX 2013 talk.

Determining What "Good" Means with Performance Continuums

November 9, 2019 Dan Klyn

Dan Klyn gives a talk on using performance continuums as a tool for decision making.

Embodied Cognition for SI658

November 9, 2019 Andrew Hinton

Andrew Hinton speaks at U-M for SI658 about embodied cognition and what it means for information architecture and user experience design challenges.

The Evolving Practice of Content Strategy: Thoughts from CS Forum 2013

November 9, 2019 The Understanding Group

Last week, I had the extreme pleasure of presenting at Content Strategy Forum 2013. It was my second time presenting at the forum and I received a fantastic response to my talk “Patching Our Crumbling Foundations Through Information Architecture.” For me it was particularly encouraging to see people taking an interest in content strategy that stems from an information architecture.

Half-Day Understanding Information Architecture Workshop

November 9, 2019 Dan Klyn

Curious what a half-day IA workshop from TUG offers? Here's a 20 minute sample from the middle part of what's covered.

Happiness Machines at WebVisions 2012

November 9, 2019 Andrew Hinton

Andrew Hinton Talks at WebVisions Portland and interviewed by Metal Toad. Reflections, video, and presentation slides.

Abstraction Talk at Ignite UX Ann Arbor

November 9, 2019 Kaarin Hoff

Kaarin Hoff speaks at Ignite UX on filtering complex information to achieve clarity, alignment, & better results.

Abstraction for Clarity

November 9, 2019 Kaarin Hoff

Kaarin Hoff speaks at the IA Summit on how to abstract the complex with tools such as maps, blueprints, and personas, in order to bring clarity to our work.

TUG Talk: Architecture and IA: Expanding the Metaphor

November 9, 2019 Jessica Duverneay

Information architect Jessica DuVerneay gives a talk on "Architecture and IA: Expanding the Metaphor" at the 2016 IA Summit.

Can Information Architects Help Architect Global Society? - World IA Day 2014

November 9, 2019 Dan Cooney

Dan Cooney discusses how information architects might get involved with addressing the wicked problems of our shared global society at World IA Day in 2014.