Concepts

• Information architecture01:09The talk defines information architecture as organising things so they are easy to find and intuitive, with the arrangement implying meaning.
• Periodic table of elements14:06The talk presents the periodic table as combining atomic-weight ordering horizontally with category ordering vertically.
• Lateral Thinking15:18The talk attributes the exercise of considering contrary or craziest ways to Edward de Bono.

People

• Richard Saul Wurman01:29The talk credits Richard Saul Wurman with five ways to organise anything in the world.

Projects and resources

• Tokyo Metro subway map02:49The talk uses the Tokyo Tube map to show how a spatial arrangement can communicate station relationships without geographic organisation.
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial06:53The talk describes the Vietnam Memorial as telling the war's story through the order in which people died.
• Things Organized Neatly13:42The talk names Things Organized Neatly as a website of arranged objects that illustrates hierarchical organisation.

Books

• A Dictionary of the English Language04:01The talk presents Dr Johnson's first dictionary as a revolutionary example of organising words alphabetically.
• The Silver Spoon04:47The talk uses The Silver Spoon's index to show how alphabetical organisation can fail when a cook starts from an ingredient or dish.
• Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things11:00The talk uses George Lakoff's Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things to show that categories can make sense within one culture without making the same sense to another.