Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places
Websites and apps are places where critical parts of our lives happen. We shop, bank, learn, gossip, and select our leaders there. But many of these places weren't intended to support these activities. Instead, they're designed to capture your attention and sell it to the highest bidder. Living in Information draws upon architecture as a way to design information environments that serve our humanity.
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Jorge Arango is an information architect and strategic designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. In his consulting practice, Jorge partners with product, design, and innovation leaders to create digital places that make people smarter. He has designed information environments for all types of organizations, ranging from developing world non-profits to Fortune 500 corporations.
Jorge is a frequent speaker at global UX conferences. He is author of Living in Information: Responsible Design for Digital Places (Two Waves Books, 2018) and co-author of Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond (O'Reilly Media, 2015). He has also served the global UX community as president and director of the Information Architecture Institute, and as thematic director of the first World IA Day. Besides his consulting practice, Jorge is also an adjunct professor in the Interaction Design program at the California College of the Arts (CCA).
-- Dan Ramsden, Creative Director for UX Architecture and Design Research, BBC
"It immediately and profoundly impacted the way I think about the systems I design and use."
-- Jeff Sussna, digital transformation consultant and author of Designing Delivery
"I loved this book by Jorge so much that I asked him to help me design and build the world we want to live in."
-- Dave Gray, author of Liminal Thinking and Gamestorming
"Jorge Arango proves to be an insightful tour guide to information spaces, explaining how we interact with this new architecture."
-- Karen McGrane, author of Going Responsive
"It has never been more important to design with intention and vision. Living in Information provides a definitive roadmap on how to lead, architect, and design information environments that are intentional, resilient, add value, and shape social interactions"
-- Priyanka Kakar, Director, Product Design, The Walt Disney Company
