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January 4th, 2009
I was asked to assist Preloaded with the development of the new information architecture for a campaign microsite for the Arts Council.
The Arts Council are to launch a new initiative to provide free theatre tickets to young people across the UK at participating venues. The initiative aims to increase the awareness and participation of young people those who don’t usually go to the theatre and hopes to challenge the perceptions amongst young people that the cinema is “not for them”.
I was involved in developing the information architecture in conjunction with the technical and project management teams.
Deliverables
- User journeys
- Sitemap
- Wireframes
Tools used
- Microsoft Visio
- Yahoo Design Patterns library
Tagged in: IA & User Experience, Information Architecture, Preloaded, Sitemap, User journey, Visio, Wireframe
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October 6th, 2008
The new Freeview website is now live and is looking so much better than it was previously. I was part of the team that assisted in the redevelopment of the site and was in charge of developing the Information Architecture for the new site. Hopefully the new visual design and structure will be welcomed with positive feedback!
Tagged in: Information Architecture
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August 18th, 2008
Whilst working as a freelance Information Architect at Grand Union I was responsible for developing a set of IA templates that will form the basis of a branded IA toolbox for use across every IA project within the agency. The idea was to improve the consistency and quality of the templates and to ensure that each client experiences the same high quality. This involved redeveloping the existing Visio templates and creating new stencil files based on the Yahoo Design Pattern Library.
Tagged in: Information Architecture, Sitemap, Wireframe
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August 18th, 2008
Whilst working as a freelance Information Architect at Grand Union I was responsible for developing the information architecture for the Digital UK Broadcast Microsite. This involved the development of a new sitemap, key wireframes and functional recommendations.
Deliverables
- Hierarchical sitemap
- Wireframes
Tagged in: Information Architecture, Sitemap, Wireframe
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August 18th, 2008
Whilst working as a freelance Information Architect at Grand Union I was responsible for developing the information architecture for a campaign-driven landing page. This involved developing the key user journeys and wifeframes for the landing page.
Deliverables
URL: http://www.learndirect-business.co.uk/
Tagged in: Information Architecture, Sitemap, Wireframe
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August 18th, 2008
Whilst working as a freelance Information Architect at Grand Union I was responsible for developing the new information architecture for the forthcoming redesigned Freeview website. My work included competitor analysis, auditing the existing website and its content and meeting with the client to discuss the needs and objectives of both the business and users.
I delivered a new sitemap and wireframes that incorporated my recommendations for content, layout and technological development. These deliverables were used by both the client and the project team to develop the new site.
Deliverables
- Hierarchical sitemap
- Website audit
- Wireframes
URL: http://www.freeview.co.uk/
Tagged in: Information Architecture, Sitemap, Website audit, Wireframe
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August 17th, 2008
I have recently been in discussions with Together London about collaborating with them on forthcoming web projects. The idea behind the company is to put together a team of highly-skilled individuals who work together in a flexible and more efficient way. By being more agile, cutting out a lot of the inefficiencies that occur in larger agencies we can deliver higher quality projects, more quickly and cheaply.
URL: http://www.togetherlondon.com/
Tagged in: Collaboration, Information Architecture, Web Development, Web Metrics, Web standards, Website audit
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June 25th, 2008
I came across these interesting data visualisation projects whilst working on the IA for the redesign of the Freeview website. There are some great ideas here involving the presentation and manipulation of data objects. As IA is very much about communicating ideas to clients and teams I am hoping to use some similar presentation techniques on future conceptual IA.
MooWheel
MSNBC Spectra Visual Newsreader
Reclam Literatur Doner
For more info about cool data visualisation experiments and projects check out: visualcomplexity.com
Tagged in: Data visualisation, IA & User Experience, Information Architecture, User Experience
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June 8th, 2008
The development of a clearly defined information architecture will ensure your website is more usable, logical and rewarding for your audience. Developing an intuitive information architecture includes:
- Categorising information into logical groups
- Organising content (at the document level) into chunks of easily digestible information
- Ensuring that the language and tone of voice are appropriate for your audience
- Ensuring consistency throughout the site both in terms of visual design, vocabulary and functional components
- Proposing the most usable and appropriate functionality for the users of your site
The outputs of this are:
Get in contact
If you would like you know more about information architecture then please get in contact.
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May 16th, 2008
Am back in the office in London after a few days in Newquay surfing and now freelancing as an IA at a company called The Grand Union. I am supposed to be here initially for about a month. Am settling in, head down (being the new guy and all that) and I guess we’ll see how things progress next week. Only downside again is being given a PC to work on, am sure I will end up getting just as pissed off here using Visio as I did at Dare, maybe I will be able to get a Mac, we’ll see!
Tagged in: Information Architecture, The Grand Union, User Experience
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