Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web

Christina Wodtke, Austin Govella

New Riders, 2009 - Computers - 290 pages

Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Second Edition introduces the core concepts of information architecture: organizing web site content so that it can be found, designing website interaction so that it's pleasant to use, and creating an interface that is easy to understand. This book helps designers, project managers, programmers, and other information architecture practitioners avoid costly mistakes by teaching the skills of information architecture swiftly and clearly.

About the author

Christina Wodtke has been an information architect for four years and is a leader in the growing field of information architecture. She founded "Boxes and Arrows," an online magazine of information architecture; chaired the fourth annual ASIS&T summit on information architecture; and has spoken on the topic of information architecture at conferences ranging from Seybold to Web World.

Christina is a partner at Carbon IQ, a user-experience agency in San Francisco, where she designs information architectures and conducts user research in the quest to create more usable, effective, and profitable products. Clients have included Shockwave.com, Wells Fargo, Sprite, and Houghton Mifflin, as well as nonprofits such as BraveKids.org and UrbanSchool.org.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web; Voices that matter
• Authors: Christina Wodtke, Austin Govella
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: New Riders, 2009
• ISBN: 0321600800, 9780321600806
• Length: 290 pages
• Subjects: Computers / Web / Design