Information Architecture
"Information architecture is the practice of deciding how to arrange the parts of something to be understandable.” - The Information Architecture Institute
In this lesson we learnt a little bit about Information Architecture. Kevyn chose to teach us this by sorting out menu items into different categories based on what we think is easiest to understand. It took a couple tries but eventually I settled on the options shown in the image below. This made the most sense as this was for Madam Woo and personally when going to a restaurant like that I like to choose my dishes based on the meat. I also wanted to make it clear what the sides were and the vegetarian/vegan options. In this day and age Veganism is increasingly popular so having this option so clear was an important step in including that particular group.
After this lesson, I decided to do a little more research into the concept. Information Architecture is in all of our surroundings, without even realising it. Its all about organising your content to make sure most people understand it and find things easy to navigate. It can be used in books, websites, menus etc etc...
