4 h. workshop
This workshop will help both experienced as well as beginner IAs and UX designers get to grips with the art of taxonomy. You’ll learn how to design, evaluate and test taxonomies in your own projects.
User research
Experience strategy
It’s become commonplace to hear folks talk about the strategic importance of taxonomy. An increasing number of mission critical projects include taxonomy work streams. But not all IA’s and user experience designers feel comfortable calling taxonomy their own.
Not to worry. This workshop will explain what taxonomy is (and isn’t) and how it contributes the structure necessary to drive compelling experiences and automate content publication.
We will start by defining taxonomy from the perspective of information science and then translate these foundational concepts to user experience.
The workshop will include:
- A common vocabulary of information science concepts adapted for use in UX;
- How taxonomy relates to navigation and search (but is not necessarily either of these);
- How taxonomy organises content and facilitates dynamic publishing;
- Methods of taxonomy evaluation;
- How to test taxonomies with users.
At the end of the workshop, participants will know how to design, evaluate, and test taxonomies. The aim of the workshop is for all attending to feel comfortable in undertaking a taxonomy project.
This workshop is appropriate for beginning IA’s and UX designers as well as more experienced practitioners who wish to deepen their understanding of taxonomy and apply it to their current practices.
Session sketch by Nádia Ferreira
Sketch by Inge Nahuis, consultant at GriDD Effective Information
Dave Cooksey
Dave Cooksey is a UX consultant based in Philadelphia. He has extensive experience in balancing what the business wants with what users need. He employs user-centered design techniques to formulate design strategy, build powerful taxonomies, and craft usable and enjoyable user interfaces. He has had the good fortune of working with companies such as Ace Hardware, Anthropologie, Toys ‘R Us, Bath & Body Works, Dick’s Sporting Goods, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, David’s Bridal, and more. Dave is a former User Experience Lead at GSI Commerce (currently eBay Enterprise) and has served multiple times as an officer of PhillyCHI (ACM SIGCHI), Philadelphia’s UX interest group.
This workshop will help both experienced as well as beginner IAs and UX designers get to grips with the art of taxonomy. You’ll learn how to design, evaluate and test taxonomies in your own projects.
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Welkom in Amsterdam
EuroIA returns to Amsterdam, the city that in 2008 hosted probably the most successful and definitely the most well-attended of all EuroIA conferences.
EuroIA 2016 takes place at The Renaissance Hotel, in the heart of Amsterdam, within walking distance of the Amsterdam central train station and Amsterdam's main highlights.
The Renaissance Hotel
Kattengat 1
Amsterdam, 1012 SZ
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 621 2223
About EuroIA
EuroIA is the leading Information Architecture (IA) and User Experience (UX) conference for Europe.
EuroIA has travelled through Europe over the years: Brussels, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin, Paris, Prague... In 2016 we return to Amsterdam. Learn more about EuroIA.
EuroIA is organized by volunteers all around Europe, with three co-chairs, an active committee and over 35 country ambassadors. Find out who is who at EuroIA.
