[Sigia-l] IA Beyond the Web

[James Spahr]

Depends on what you are looking for.

The Wurman book, Information Architects has some nice examples of 
'non-web' IA. It is obviously a 'designer's book' in that is it heavy 
on pictures and light on text. The examples include real life 
way-finding systems, categorization systems, and general info-design 
solutions.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0823064557

Packaging design usually contains a fair amount IA, since product lines 
need to be defined before packaging can really be developed -- 
hopefully controlled vocabularies and thoughtful labeling are 
considered at the same time. I don't have a copy of Graphis Packaging 
at home, but I recall seeing some nice examples of IA at work in some 
of the larger packaging systems developed.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3857094265

Public Transportation systems are full of examples of IA as well. From 
the maps, to the signage in the stations and tangentially to the 
usability of the tokens/metrocards/turnstiles...

In fact... you can usually find it everywhere. If IA is done well, it 
tends to be invisible. If it's crappy -- it sticks out like a sore 
thumb.

On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 09:37  PM, Daniel Montano wrote:

> Hello everyone:
>
> I am a student, currently taking a class on IA. At the moment I'm 
> looking for some good  "off-the-web" "beyond-the-web" IA ?  case 
> studies or examples.
>
> So far I've searched for samples of:  Telephone menus, Restaurant 
> server applications, physical building navigation (I'm thinking of 
> Powells Bookstore in Portland Oregon as one of the best examples I've 
> seen).


James.