[IxDA Discuss] Information Architecture or Interaction Design

[Bill DeRouchey]

A short and pithy explanation is,

Information Architecture is a question of Space.
Where is it? Where can I find it?

Interaction Design is a question of Time.
How do I do it? What are the steps involved?

To describe any movement through a process, you really need to address 
both space and time. Similarly, most user experiences have contributions 
from IA and IxD that heavily overlap because they are different angles on 
the same problem. Thus, the perennial confusion.


On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Antoinette Monthon wrote:

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> What's the different between Information Architecture and Interaction Design?
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> As IA is short for for Information Architecture, what's the most common acronym for Interaction Design?
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> Thank you guys.