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Designing Information Architecture: A practical guide to structuring digital content for findability and easy navigability
Author(s): Pabini Gabriel-Petit (Author)
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date: 28 Mar. 2025
- Language: English
- Print length: 570 pages
- ISBN-10: 1838827196
- ISBN-13: 9781838827199
Book Description
“A fresh, updated perspective on Information Architecture (IA), blending foundational principles with modern insights to help you design intuitive, structured, and human-centered digital experiences.” – Jim Kalbach, Chief Evangelist at Mural.
Get your hands on a well-structured, easy-reference handbook filled with IA best practices for organizing digital information spaces
Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt’s next-gen Reader*
Key Features
- Learn IA from Pabini Gabriel-Petit, UX expert and founder of UXmatters
- Get a practical introduction to IA in the broader context of UX research and design
- Gain expert insights from industry leaders on IA’s evolution, techniques, and applications
- Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook
Book Description
In a world that suffers from information overload, how can information architects help people quickly find the exact digital content they need? This is where Designing Information Architecture comes in as your practical guide to creating easy-to-use experiences for digital information spaces—be it websites, applications, or intranets—by creating well-structured information architectures (IAs) and effective navigation and search systems. It shows you how to improve the organization, findability, and usability of digital content using proven IA design methods and strategies.
Designing Information Architecture is an up-to-date resource on IA. Written by Pabini Gabriel-Petit, a recognized expert in user experience (UX) and IA with decades of industry experience, this book offers both expert insights and practical design guidance. It also explores modern, AI-driven approaches to implementing search systems that can help users overcome the challenges of information overload.
Throughout the book, you’ll learn why a well-structured information architecture remains more critical than ever in delivering effective digital information spaces.
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What you will learn
- Information-seeking models, strategies, tactics, and behaviors
- Principles for designing IAs that support human cognitive and visual capabilities
- Wayfinding principles for placemaking, orientation, navigation, labeling, and search
- Useful structural patterns and information-organization schemes
- UX research methods and analytics for information architecture
- Content analysis, modeling, and mapping methods
- Categorizing content and creating controlled vocabularies
- Designing and mapping information architectures
- Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver optimal search results
Who this book is for
This complete reference is for both experienced and aspiring information architects and UX design professionals who are looking to create effective information architectures for digital information spaces, including Web sites, applications, and intranets. It is also a valuable resource for members of product teams—especially developers, product managers, and other UX professionals who collaborate closely with information architects—and other stakeholders who want to understand and support the information-architecture workflow.
Table of Contents
- What Is Information Architecture?
- How People Seek Information
- Design Principles
- Structural Patterns and Organization Schemes
- UX Research Methods for Information Architecture
- Understanding and Structuring Content
- Classifying Information
- Defining an Information-Architecture Strategy
- Labeling Information
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Editorial Reviews
Review
“…Designing Information Architecture offers a fresh, updated perspective on IA, presented with a thoughtfulness that reflects many years of practice. Pabini brings to this work not only a wealth of personal insight but also the voices of global experts, enriching the reader’s understanding of IA’s multifaceted nature. And she does this in a very concise manner, making the ideas and concepts readily accessible and creating an indispensable reference for future generations of IAs.”
Jim Kalbach, Chief Evangelist at Mural, Author of Mapping Experiences and Designing Web Navigation
“The principles and practical know-how on display in this book could only have been conveyed by someone of Gabriel-Petit’s significant experience and prominence in the global user experience (UX) community. ‘Designing Information Architecture’ is destined to become the authority on information architecture (IA), and a necessary tool in your toolbelt, whether you are a seasoned practitioner with deep IA experience, or just getting started.
Final verdict: you need this book. And for heaven’s sake, keep it within arm’s reach, because you’ll be coming back to it often.”
Jonathan Walter, Director of User Experience at Rockwell Automation
“I’ve read many information architecture books from the early 2000s, like the Polar Bear Book and others, but I haven’t come across anything as modern and comprehensive as this in recent years. It’s refreshing to revisit the fundamentals while also exploring newer developments in technology.
This book goes deeper into information architecture than any others I’ve seen.”
Jim Ross, Principal UX Researcher at AnswerLab
“Designing Information Architecture is a must-read for anyone creating digital experiences. In an increasingly noisy UX industry where we’re seeing more emphasis placed on design tools and shortcuts, this book is a breath of fresh air. It serves as a staunch reminder of the importance of information architecture in standout product design, even in the age of AI. Throughout the book, Gabriel-Petit provides a comprehensive wealth of proven methods, frameworks, and considerations that can be leveraged throughout the full design process. From early research, ideation, and stakeholder management through design execution, this book will help anyone extend their UX toolkit.”
Kent Eisenhuth, Staff UX Designer and Manager at Google
A Modern IA Bible — sharp, structured, and future-proof
“Pabini delivers a sharp, structured, and surprisingly future-proof book—especially where IA meets AI. Whether you’re deep into UX or leaning on IA for the first time, this feels like a tool you’ll keep glued to your desk.”
Greg Nudelman, Author of UX for AI
About the Author
Pabini Gabriel-Petit is the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief of UXMatters. With more than 20 years working in User Experience at companies such as Google, Cisco, WebEx, and Apple, among others, Pabini now provides UX strategy and design consulting services through her Silicon Valley company, Strategic UX. She is passionate about creating great user experiences that meet users’ needs and get business results. A thought leader in the UX community, Pabini was a Founding Director of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).
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