The Origins of Information Architecture

Modern information architecture’s founder, Richard Saul Wurman, was not a web designer. He was a graphic designer and an architect, and it was from conventional architecture that the field of IA was born. Wurman believed that information should be structured in the same way a building is structured. Much like architecture, information architecture can take many attractive forms, and is based on a precise, intentional structure and solid foundation of ideas, though IA features in everything from libraries to websites. For more information on IA and other related information practices contact Spire Digital.