THE INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE DESIGN (IAD) FRAMEWORK
is an emerging cross-channel intellectual, educational, and community-oriented environment dedicated to the advancement of Information Architecture Design.
Welcome to the website of the IAD Framework.
The IAD Framework brings together theory, practice, research, education, publication, and participation around a shared concern: the role of information architecture in the formation of meaning across artefacts, systems, institutions, and social reality.
At the centre of the IAD Framework is the IAD Canon: a developing body of theory exploring Information Architecture as a phenomenon of structure, meaning, and consequence.
start Here
WITH AN OVERVIEW OF IAD
For an introduction to the theory, key ideas, and conceptual foundations of Information Architecture Design head to the About section.
READ THE CANON
The Information Architecture Design Canon is the theory at the heart
of the IAD Framework.
Version 1.0
Developmental Release
PARTICIPATE
The Framework is developed through participation. Join discussions, Encounters, publications, and future activities through the participation pathways and membership programme.
ENCOUNTER THE FRAMEWORK
IAD Encounter – 001 | The Framework serves as the introductory traversal through the theory, practice, and praxis of Information Architecture Design.
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The Framework, Canon, events, publications, and participation activities continue to evolve.
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IAD
ENCOUNTER
— 001
THE FRAMEWORK
Encounter 001 marks the beginning of the public release of the IAD Canon and Framework. Across two live sessions, participants will engage the Canon theory directly through discussion, creative studio-based exercises, and guided traversal through the conceptual terrain of IAD.
The theory at the
centre of the Framework.
– Currently in preparation