World Information Architecture Day 2024 Los Angeles
Interested in User Experience? Have a passion for UI? Are you currently in a profession related to design, research or content strategy? World Information Architecture Day LA might be the perfect conference for you!
🌍 World IA Day is an annual global event taking place on March 2nd, 2024 in nearly 30 locations worldwide. It will feature informative presentations, engaging workshops, and insightful discussions at various locations focused on information architecture with the theme of Context.
Join us this year on March 2nd WIAD Los Angeles is hosting the LA event at the beautiful ArtCenter Pasadena with the theme of Context.
*Food and drinks will be provided throughout the event and are included in the cost of the ticket
Tickets Prices in USD
Schedule
March 2nd, 2024
Attendee check-in, registration and breakfast (included in ticket)
The talk will discuss the relationship between context and information architecture(IA). It will explore how understanding context transforms IA decisions and impacts the overall user experience. Within the realm of context, the talk will highlight cultural context inclusive of language, cultural beliefs, and traditions. It will address the importance of creating structurally sound information architecture that is inclusive, engaging, and appropriate for the product and target audience.
About Jane
Jane is a UI/UX designer with experience as a design team of one in a start up environment. With an unconventional path to a career in design, Jane has also been a translator, an English teacher, and a barista. Growing up in a bicultural and bilingual environment, Jane has always been fascinated and drawn to the nuances of language. With a growing awareness of what context is, she has applied that to her approach in design and language.
About Grace
Grace Lau is an information architect / content strategist / content designer currently working with Blue Shield of California. With a background in library and information studies, she has been working in information architecture, content strategy, and taxonomy for ~15 years. She is the founder of DIA Design Guild, a nonprofit educational charity for new and transitioning UXers. She is also co-president of the World IA Association.
The product design field is expanding rapidly as more companies recognize the benefits of design thinking. As a result, many are open to hiring their first UX designer. But what's it like to be the pioneer of product design in a small company? How can you ensure success in an environment where little is pre-existing and known? Here are some useful tips from someone who has been in this situation multiple times over several years.
About Samantha
Lead product designer at HOTB Software, a small design agency / dev shop / VC firm based in Irvine, California. They have designed, built, and launched several tools in the FinTech, HealthTech, and government space which millions of users nationwide rely on. Sam is passionate about design systems, lean design methodologies, and helping bootcamp grads break into tech. Outside of work, you’ll find her at the local theater doing improv and standup comedy.
Lunch will be provided
How are new technologies like mixed reality and voice changing our information structures and our experiences with them? How can we learn from these unique mediums and leverage their distinct attributes to design interactions that while unfamiliar are intuitive and compelling? This showcase presents work from students in ArtCenter’s Interaction Design Department, who explore the challenges and opportunities for how we might move, speak, and meet differently within emergent information spaces.
IxD Student Presenters: * Coco Chen * Devin Fung * Bryana Lee * Jaemo Seong * Isaac Tseng
IxD Associate Chairs: * Jenny Rodenhouse, Bs IxD * Julian Scaff, MDes IxD
Deciding to use a map on a web page is not the end of a content decision, rather, it is the beginning. Not all maps are created equally: there are questions of user cognitive load, internal return-on-investment, the medium of the map, and not least aesthetic styling. After you’ve decided that a map is necessary, how do you decide what type of map best solves the problem you’re trying to solve? Coming from the perspective of Esri’s Cartographic Experience Designer, this talk marries information architecture taxonomy—i.e. the logical/conceptual grouping of ideas—with cartographic design principles. Often overlooked in IA proper, the details of cartography can go a long way in tacitly amplifying one’s site structure for users.
About Nicholas
Nicholas Bauch is a geographer and artist who brings together spatial thought and creative media production. While working at Stanford University, his pioneering web-based geography, “Enchanting the Desert,” helped set a template for publishing born-digital scholarship in academic presses. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UCLA, and an M.F.A. in Visual Art from the University of Minnesota, where his 2021 photo-gravure artist book was acquired by the Gorman Rare Art Books and Media Collection. He works as a Cartographic Experience Designer at Esri, and in his spare time likes taking his kids to retro arcades.
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World Information Architecture Association is dedicated to the empowerment of local leaders. Our celebrations inspire the global growth of information architecture as a community of practice. We are dedicated to bringing a diversity of thoughts and thinkers. Volunteers are working hard to bring this amazing celebration to locations all over the world. Our community is growing rapidly, with an estimated 4000+ attendees participating in a growing number of locations worldwide. As a volunteer-led organization, we rely on the active participation of our community, which can only happen if everyone attending World IA Day feels safe and respected. By attending World IA Day, you agree to WIAA's Code of Conduct
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**Please be aware that since this is an in-person event, attendees who have not received the Covid-19 vaccine are expected to wear a mask at all times in the conference venue unless they are eating, drinking, or presenting on stage. Please note that this will also be dependent on CDC guidelines at the time. **
World IA Day 2024 Los Angeles is organized by:
- Grace Lau
- Jane Pyeon
- Gini Martinez
- Nao Madison
- Vanya Chun Lin Hsu
- Lexi Watkins
- Priscilla Vu
- Kelsey Villacorte
- Alesha Arp
- Cassidy Tu