[Sigia-l] Richard Saul Wurman: The InfoDesign interview

[Boniface Lau]

http://www.informationdesign.org/special/wurman_interview.htm

WI> DK: You coined the term 'information architecture' back in 1976 at
WI> the AIA National Convention. Talk a little about the rationale and
WI> process that led to choosing that term. 
WI>
WI> RSW: The common term then was 'information design'. What got
WI> confusing was information design and interior design and
WI> industrial design, at that moment and still today in many and most
WI> people's minds, are about making something look good.  
[...]
WI> Information design was epitomized by which map looked the best -
WI> not which took care of a lot of parallel systemic parts. That is
WI> what I thought 'architecture' did and was a clearer word that had
WI> to do with systems that worked and performed.