What Is Information Architecture? (UX Design Guide)

📲 Curious about a career in UX Design? Book a call with a program advisor: https://bit.ly/3HwYAZc Information architecture is vital when creating a good user experience! But what exactly is it? And how does it shape the digital world around us? Maureen Herben, a UX designer and CareerFoundry graduate, is here to tell you all about it! In this video, Maureen will give you an introduction to information architecture, as well as detailing the three key components to good information architecture: the user, the content, and the context. If you want a deeper dive into information architecture, check out our highly detailed blog article on the topic, here: https://bit.ly/ABeginnersGuideToInformationArchitecture If you’re looking to get started in UX design, you should also check out our free UX short course, for a further introduction to the key areas involved: https://bit.ly/CareerFoundryFreeUXDesignShortCourse Maureen Herben is a UX designer at Zalando, and a CareerFoundry UX design graduate. You can follow her content on all things UX, design thinking, workshops, and more at: https://www.instagram.com/ux.collection In this video, we’ll highlight the following key areas relating to information architecture: 00:00 Introduction 00:50 An Introduction to the topic of information architecture 01:32 The focus of information architecture 02:42 Introducing ‘Mental Models’ 05:25 What is cognitive load? 09:38 How do you structure information 13:32 The context is key! 16:10 Closing outro Want to see more about information architecture? Let us know what we can cover in future videos in the comments section! Thanks for watching! #UXDesign #InformationArchitecture #UX Want more from CareerFoundry? Check out our other social media channels and blog here: 🔍 https://linktr.ee/CareerFoundry​ For more information on our programs, visit us at: 🖥 https://careerfoundry.com/ What Is Information Architecture? (2021) https://youtu.be/OJLfjgVlwDo