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The Architecture of Information

Architecture, Interaction Design and the Patterning of Digital Information

Martyn Dade-Robertson

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English
Routledge
25 May 2011
This book looks at relationships between the organization of physical objects in space and the organisation of ideas. Historical, philosophical, psychological and architectural knowledge are united to develop an understanding of the relationship between information and its representation.

Despite its potential to break the mould, digital information has relied on metaphors from a pre-digital era. In particular, architectural ideas have pervaded discussions of digital information, from the urbanization of cyberspace in science fiction, through to the adoption of spatial visualizations in the design of graphical user interfaces. This book tackles: the historical importance of physical places to the organization and expression of knowledge the limitations of using the physical organization of objects as the basis for systems of categorization and taxonomy the emergence of digital technologies and the twentieth century new conceptual understandings of knowledge and its organization the concept of disconnecting storage of information objects from their presentation and retrieval ideas surrounding 'semantic space' the realities of the types of user interface which now dominate modern computing.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 174mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   390g
ISBN:   9780415561846
ISBN 10:   0415561841
Pages:   192
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Martyn Dade-Robertson is Lecturer in Architecture and Communication in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University. He originally did a degree in Architecture at Newcastle University before embarking on an MPhil and PhD at Cambridge University (Darwin College) on the topic of Information Architecture.

Reviews for The Architecture of Information: Architecture, Interaction Design and the Patterning of Digital Information

An interesting reading of the blurring between the 'real' and the 'virtual' spaces we live in. - Erdkunde


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