Lectures

University of Michigan, School of Information — SI658 Information Architecture 2025 / 2026

→ Lecture 1: Structural Logic & Semantic Formation: Notes | Video
→ Lecture 2: Message-Content & Message-Form: Notes | Video
→ Lecture 3: Realising Discourse: Notes | Video

Applied Masterclass

World Building, Composition, and Praxis: A Masterclass in the Structural Design of Meaning

→ Entry page on jh-01.com

Presentations & Talks

Axioms of a Second Intellectual Culture in Information Architecture
IA Academics & Practitioners Roundtable, IA Conference, Philadelphia (2026)
→ DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27021.50405 (notes on ResearchGate)

Extending the Concept of Information Architecture in Design
UX South Africa, remote. 2025
→ Notes
→ Video

Postcards From the Edge – Keynote Address
IA Summit, Chicago (2018)
→ Video

The Design Behind the Design Behind the Design
IA Summit, San Diego (2014)
→ Notes

Research & Publications

Applying Information Architecture in Design Thinking: Ideating Solutions to the Wicked Problem of Addiction
Dissertation. Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture. University of Johannesburg (2021)
→ Dissertation

Footnotes to “Re: The Future of Information Architecture”
Journal of Information Architecture (2021)
→ Article

The Design of Socially Sustainable Ontologies
Philosophy & Technology (2019)
→ Article

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IAD
ENCOUNTER
— 001
THE
FRAMEWORK

Encounter 001 marks the beginning of the public release of the IAD Canon and Framework. Across two live sessions, participants will engage the Canon theory directly through discussion, creative studio-based exercises, and guided traversal through the conceptual terrain of IAD.

→ Find out more about the Encounter
→ Reserve your place (on Luma)

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