Posts Tagged ‘web as network’

Spatial Metaphors in IA and Game Design

In Articles on 28 February 2007 tagged game design, IA, information architecture, interaction design, IxD, Jesse James Garrett, metaphors, Peter Molyneux, space, web 2.0, web as network, web as platform, web of data, Will Wright with Comments Off

Looking at dominant metaphors in different design disciplines I’m in some way involved in, it’s obvious to me that most are spatial (no surprises there). Here’s some thoughts on how I think this is (or should be) changing. Information architecture tends to approach sites as information spaces (although the web 2.0 hype has brought us [...]

Using Concept Models to Design for the Web of Data

In Articles on 9 February 2007 tagged Bryce Glass, concept models, Dan Brown, IA, information architecture, interaction design, IxD, social software, Tom Coates, web 2.0, web as network, web as platform, web of data with Comments Off

I’m lucky enough to be doing some concepting and interaction design work for a social web site. This presented me with the opportunity to integrate some stuff I found while reading on social software, and the web as platform/network. Here’s how I’ve been integrating some of it. I was inspired by the concept model of [...]