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Information architecture

An illustration of people browsing at a huge car boot sale

Why a bad website is like a car boot sale

11/10/202306/04/2023 by Lauren Pope

One of my clients used the best metaphor for bad, organisation-focused websites the other day: a car boot sale. I was so struck by the comparison, that I had to write about it.

Categories Opinion Tags Content strategy, Information architecture
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What 7,500 Lego pieces taught me about IA

30/08/202320/02/2023 by Lauren Pope

What do Lego and information architecture (IA) have in common? Yes, I’m doing one of those ‘what can we learn from a totally unrelated thing?’ posts.

Categories Information and advice Tags Information architecture
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