About the Information Architecture Institute

The Information Architecture Institute is a 501(6)c professional organization, operated by a dedicated, multi-national group of people. Volunteering our own resources, we aspire to build bridges to related disciplines and organizations. We invite you to join us in advancing the state of information architecture through research, education, advocacy and community service.

We live in exciting times. As the information age rolls forward, our businesses, markets and societies are being transformed into adaptive, connected networks. The Internet of today only hints at the ubiquitous communication infrastructure of tomorrow. The construction of this brave new world requires a new kind of architecture, focused on digital structures of information and software rather than physical structures of bricks and mortar. As we spend more time working and playing in these shared information spaces, people will need and demand better search, navigation and collaboration systems.

We are working hard to build an international membership that connects people with diverse languages, cultures and perspectives. So far, we have over 1400 members from 80 countries. Our Board of Directors and Board of Advisors are comprised of individuals from six continents. Our Translations Initiative and Local Group Program serves to promote and extend our services to all corners of the world.

Read our Annual Report (2006-2007) (PDF) to find out what we accomplished in our third year of operation.

Read our latest Letter from the Board of Directors for up to date news on the Institute's activity.

Spotlight on our People

Jorge Arango
President

Panama City, Panama

Jorge is an information architect and web designer from Central America. In 1995 he dropped out of what could have been a promising, "safe" career in (brick and mortar) architecture to devote himself fully to this newfangled web thing. He founded and led BootStudio, one of the first agencies in his part of the world. During the intervening years, he's led web development teams in my home country of Panama, as well as the US and the UK. He has been able to help clients from a variety of industries and backgrounds make better use of web technologies to help their organizations succeed.

He has grown much by being part of the IAI, and by interacting with peers from around the world. He's also been able to give back to the IA/UX community, by being an early volunteer for the IAI (IA Translation Initiative, Spanish language lead), an editor for Boxes and Arrows (now managing editor), and most recently as a member of the IAI Board of Advisors.

For more about Jorge, please visit www.jarango.com. 

Spotlight on our Partners

SPONSOR

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Intuitect is proud to be an official sponsor of the Information Architecture Institute. At Intuitect our mission is to create tools and methodologies that help information architects and user experience designers build better web sites and web applications.

Our flagship product, Intuitect Professional, integrates the process of creating sitemaps, wireframes, and process flows, and generates both HTML prototypes and specifications documentation. With features to streamline IA and UX design work Intuitect Professional reduces time to create deliverables critical to project success and enables you to be more creative.

For more information about Intuitect Professional including Webinars, interactive tutorials and to try Intuitect Professional free for 14-days visit us at: http://www.intuitect.com.