Notes taken during the Keynote presentations and Panel Discussion of Dan Klyn, Lou Rosenfeld, Christine Wodtke, and Abby (the IA) Covert. High-level presentations designed to inspire and connect archtiectural ideas to shaping information into "information" and virtual spaces.

1. Notes from World Information
Architecture Day 2013 - NYC
Absolutely unofficial notes and
resource lists from the WIAD-NYC
Keynote presentations on 2013-02-09
rdherring5@yahoo.com

2. I. Dan Klyn - Where did "The
Architecture Part" of IA Come From
• An introduction to the fertile, unconventional
mind of Richard Saul Wurman (RSW)
• Klyn presented three tenets of RSW design
– Language generates structure
– Decide the what before the how
– Make things good
• The video Interviews in the resource section
give a flavor of this productive gadfly and
student of architect Louis I. Kahn 2

3. Klyn Resources
• http://www.slideshare.net/danfnord (Dan Klyn)
• Richard Saul Wurman (RSW)
– Brief Profile of Richard Saul Wurman (RSW)
http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/iss/innovators
/richard-saul-wurman
– Video interviews with RSW
http://architecturalinterviews.blogspot.com/2009/12/vide
o-interview-commissioner-of.html
– 33: Understanding Change & the Change in Understanding
[Paperback]; Publication Date: October 1, 2009 | ISBN-10:
098189898X | ISBN-13 ISBN:0596527349 | Edition: 1st
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/098189898X/ 3

4. II. Lou Rosenfeld - IA for the Web:
Original Intent
• First edition of the “Polar Bear book” was
“how do you begin” doing IA
• Second (and Third) edition was “how do you
refine” … an IA design
• He exhorted practitioners to build more
companies, since business models are creative
products too
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5. Rosenfeld Resources
• http://www.slideshare.net/lrosenfeld (Louis Rosenfeld)
• Peter Morville and Lou Rosenfeld
– Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 1st
Edition | Publication Date: February 8, 1998 | ISBN-10:
1565922824 | ISBN-13: 978-1565922822 | Edition: 1st
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/1565922824/
– Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, 3rd
Edition | Publication Date: December 4, 2006 | ISBN-10:
0596527349 | ISBN-13: 978-0596527341 | Edition: 3rd
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/0596527349/
– PDF copies of this content appear to exist on the web
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6. III. Christina Wodtke - Putting the
Architecture Back into Information
Architecture
• We are conducting architecture in information
spaces
• Presentation was an ambitious exploration of
– Major attributes of architecture (Durable/
Convenient/ Beautiful [Delight])
– Architectural concepts that distinguish artifacts
from “architecture” (Servant vs. Served spaces
{Louis I. Kahn} / Views/ Speed {of the experience}/
Movement
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7. Wodtke Resources
• http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke/architecture-of-
information (Christina Wodtke)
• Louis I. Kahn
– What Will Be Has Always Been, the Words of Louis I. Kahn
[Paperback];(Wurman is editor) | Publisher: Accesspress
Limited (1990) ASIN: B0012SD33U
|http://www.amazon.com/What-Will-Always-Words-
Louis/dp/B0012SD33U
• Robert Venturi
– Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture [Paperback],
2nd Edition | Release date: July 2, 2002 | ISBN-10:
0870702823 | ISBN-13: 978-0870702822 |Edition: 2nd
|http://openisbn.com/isbn/0870702823/ 7

8. Wodtke Resources-cont.
• Robert Venturi - cont.
– Learning from Las Vegas - Revised Edition: The Forgotten
Symbolism of Architectural Form [Paperback], Revised
Publication Date: June 15, 1977 | ISBN-10: 026272006X |
ISBN-13: 978-0262720069 | Edition: Revised
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780262720069/
• Ada Louise Huxtable
– On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of
Change [Bargain Price] [Hardcover] | Release date:
October 28, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0802717071 | Edition: 1st
|http://openisbn.com/isbn/0802717071/
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9. IV. Panel Discussion (including
Abby Covert-Moderator)
• Tom Wolfe
– From Bauhaus to Our House [Paperback]
Release date: November 24, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0312429142 |
ISBN-13: 978-0312429140 | Edition: Reprint
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/0312429142/
• Stewart Brand
− How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
[Paperback]|Release date: October 1, 1995 | ISBN-10:
0140139966 | ISBN-13: 978-0140139969 | Edition: 1st
|http://openisbn.com/isbn/0140139966/
– How Buildings Learn - Six Part BBC Series – on YouTube
|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvEqfg2sIH0 9

10. Panel Discussion Resources-cont.
• Matthew Frederick
– 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School [Hardcover]
Publication Date: August 31, 2007 | Series: 101 Things I
Learned|ISBN-10: 0262062666 | ISBN-13: 9780262062664
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/9780262062664/
• W. Lidwell, K. Holden, and J. Butler
– Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125
Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase
Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through
Design [Paperback], 2nd ed. | Publication Date: January 1,
2010 | ISBN-10: 1592535879 | ISBN-13: 978-1592535873 |
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/1592535879/ 10

11. Panel Discussion Resources-cont.
• Graham Pullin
Design Meets Disability [Paperback]
Publication Date: February 27, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0262162555 |
ISBN-13: 978-0262162555
| http://openisbn.com/isbn/0262162555/
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12. - Info Architecture Organizations -
• The Information Architecture Institute (http://iainstitute.org/)
• Interaction Design Association (http://www.ixda.org/)
– Local: http://www.ixda.org/local/directory
• The User Experience Professionals Association [UXPA -
formerly UPA] (http://upassoc.org/ )
– Chapters: http://upassoc.org/chapters/index.html#usa
• General Assembly - New York City
(https://generalassemb.ly/education?where=new-york-city)
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13. Comments Welcome
Richard D. Herring
• Email: rdherring5@yahoo.com
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• Twitter: http://twitter.com/rdherring5
• IXDA-NNJ: http://www.meetup.com/ia-54/
• UXPA-NJ: http://uxpanj.org/
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