[Sigia-l] The fuzzy line btwn IA and Design

[Betsy Martens]

on 5/3/02 12:18 AM, Christina Wodtke at cwodtke at eleganthack.com wrote:

> Why do we draw wireframes, or at least, why do we give these to people who
> are (at least theorectically) far better equiped to draw screens than we
> are? We do IA's make wireframes? I know it's easier for some, I know it's
> more fun for some folks, but is it truely the best way to articulate our
> solution in a team in which that is not our responsibility?

Market pressure probably has something to do with this: having sold the
client on the necessity of paying for information architecture--which we all
know is, these days, a pretty hard sell--the senior client liaison may be
eager to have something to show, and the sooner the better. The wow factor
plays no small role in this. And yet the design of the visual interface may
be barely under way. Enter the wireframe.

Betsy

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    Betsy Martens

    Big Shoulders Information Design
    Content & the space it occupies
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