Prescriptive and Descriptive Information Architectures | Jorge Arango

Interesting—this is exactly the same framing I used to talk about design systems a few years ago.

Prescriptive and Descriptive Information Architectures | Jorge Arango

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The Web is Industrialized and I helped industrialize it - daverupert.com

We’ve industrialized design and are relegated to squeezing efficiencies out of it through our design systems. All CSS changes must now have a business value and user story ticket attached to it.

Dave follows on from my post about design systems and automation.

At the same time, I have seen first hand how design systems can yield improvements in accessibility, performance, and shared knowledge across a willing team. I’ve seen them illuminate problems in design and code. I’ve seen them speed up design and development allowing teams to build, share, and validate prototypes or A/B tests before undergoing costly guesswork in production. There’s value in these tools, these processes.

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The Pain With No Name · An A List Apart Article

This rousing call-to-arms by Abby the IA makes a great companion piece to her interview on The Big Web Show.

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Information Architecture First Principles | Jorge Arango

  • People only understand things relative to things they already understand
  • People only understand things in context
  • People rely on patterns and consistency
  • People seek to minimize cognitive load
  • People have varying levels of expertise and familiarity
  • People are goal-oriented
  • People often don’t know what they’re looking for
  • Information is more useful when it’s actionable

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Citing Frank Chimero, Debbie Chachra, and Lisa O’Neill.