Just as a vacation in an unfamiliar culture can build a new sense of resolve and purpose upon the return home, this “visit” to malls and retailing can help reinvigorate you and your work and give you new ideas and sources of inspiration.
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Big Boxes and Shoppertainment: More Lessons for Web Design from Mall and Retail Design
In part two, the author explores several tactical issues in structuring and presenting content on the web, again looking to traditional retail design for inspiration.
Continue readingInconspicuous Consumption: Lessons for Web Design from Mall and Retail Design
The similarities between web design and retail shops, suggest that the retail environment, which has centuries of experience behind it, might have a few lessons to teach those of us in the emerging discipline of web design. This first part of a three-part article explores the first two of nine lessons.
Continue readingBuilding the Beast: Talking with Peter Morville
Polar Bear book co-author Peter Morville shares the inside stories about the making of the new edition—from its original scribblings on an airsick bag to the ideas that didn’t make it in—and his thoughts about how the field has changed since their book was first published.
Continue readingAdventures in Low Fidelity: Designing Search for Egreetings
One of the dirty little secrets about being an information architect is that most of us only bat .500 at best. We labor and agonize over making recommendations and designing information architectures that are supposed to change the world, but many of our designs never see the light of day. Rather than moan about why my designs were not implemented, I want to share my story.
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