Think Like An Information Architect
A practical guide for aspiring UX & IA professionals
Most IA resources are either dense academic textbooks or shallow blog posts that leave you able to define the terms but unable to actually apply them. This book closes that gap.
Written from over ten years of real IA work — including experience at DocuSign — this guide walks you through the complete discipline of Information Architecture: how to organize systems, build taxonomies, write labels that make sense, design navigation and search, run user research, structure content and metadata, and govern IA as products scale.
What's inside:
10 chapters across 4 parts, from foundational concepts to a full guided project
Real-world examples from products you use every day
IA Insight callouts distilling each chapter's core takeaway
A quick reference guide, glossary, and a "commonly confused terms" section you'll return to for years
Who it's for: career switchers moving into UX, new grads and bootcamp grads who know the buzzwords but not the frameworks, and anyone who wants to speak confidently about IA decisions in interviews and case studies.
Instant digital download. Delivered as a PDF, yours to keep.
Think Like An Information Architect
A practical guide for aspiring UX & IA professionals
Most IA resources are either dense academic textbooks or shallow blog posts that leave you able to define the terms but unable to actually apply them. This book closes that gap.
Written from over ten years of real IA work — including experience at DocuSign — this guide walks you through the complete discipline of Information Architecture: how to organize systems, build taxonomies, write labels that make sense, design navigation and search, run user research, structure content and metadata, and govern IA as products scale.
What's inside:
10 chapters across 4 parts, from foundational concepts to a full guided project
Real-world examples from products you use every day
IA Insight callouts distilling each chapter's core takeaway
A quick reference guide, glossary, and a "commonly confused terms" section you'll return to for years
Who it's for: career switchers moving into UX, new grads and bootcamp grads who know the buzzwords but not the frameworks, and anyone who wants to speak confidently about IA decisions in interviews and case studies.
Instant digital download. Delivered as a PDF, yours to keep.