Dan Klyn is co-founder of The Understanding Group, an information architecture consultancy based in Michigan. Dan has also created useful and influential IA frameworks, and in this conversation, we focus on his latest: the BASIC framework.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate or review it in Apple’s Podcasts directory: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200Show notesDan KlynThe Understanding GroupThe BASIC frameworkChris FarnumPeter MorvilleLouis RosenfeldAndreas ResminiRichard Saul WurmanBob RoyceEdith Farnsworth HouseLudwig Mies van der RoheKimbell Art MuseumLouis KahnRenzo PianoBrian EnoSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

In observance of the winter holidays, this episode doesn’t feature a guest interview. Instead, I reflect on five themes that emerged in the diverse conversations we hosted on the podcast during 2021. I wish you and yours happy holidays!Cover photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate or review it in Apple’s Podcasts directory:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200Show notesThe Informed Life episode 53: Jason Ulaszek on Healing Social RiftsThe Informed Life episode 54: Kourosh Dini on DEVONthinkThe Informed Life episode 55: Hà Phan on Product LeadershipThe Informed Life episode 56: Margot Bloomstein on TrustThe Informed Life episode 57: Ben Mosior on Wardley MapsThe Informed Life episode 58: Jesse James Garrett on Leadership and IAThe Informed Life episode 59: Matt LeMay on One Page / One HourThe Informed Life episode 60: Kat Vellos on FriendshipThe Informed Life episode 61: Jeff Sussna on Customer Value ChartingThe Informed Life episode 63: Sophia Prater on Object Oriented UXThe Informed Life episode 64: Sarah Barrett on Architectural ScaleThe Informed Life episode 66: Jim Kalbach on Jobs to Be DoneThe Informed Life episode 68: Mags Hanley on Career ArchitectureThe Informed Life episode 69: Karl Fast on Interactionism, part 1The Informed Life episode 70: Karl Fast on Interactionism, part 2The Informed Life episode 71: Sunni Brown on Deep Self DesignThe Informed Life episode 73: Patrick Tanguay on Newsletter CurationThe Informed Life episode 74: Annie Murphy Paul on The Extended MindThe Informed Life episode 75: Hans Krueger on the Cycle of EmotionsThe Informed Life episode 76: Dan Brown on IA LensesSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Dan Brown is the co-founder of UX design studio EightShapes. He’s also the author of Communicating Design, Designing Together, and Practical Design Discovery. In this conversation, we focus on Dan’s Information Architecture Lenses, a set of cards that help designers interrogate IA decisions.If you’re enjoying the show, please rate or review it in Apple’s Podcasts directory: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-informed-life/id1450117117?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200Show notesDan BrownDan Brown on LinkedIn@brownorama on Twitter@ialenses on TwitterEightShapesEightShapes’s YouTube channelCommunicating Design: Developing Web Site Documentation for Design and Planning by Dan BrownDesigning Together: The collaboration and conflict management handbook for creative professionals by Dan BrownPractical Design Discovery by Dan BrownInformation Architecture Lenses: Perspectives on Structure by Dan Brown Information Architecture Lenses card deckA Lens A Day YouTube seriesA Lens A Day podcastTree testingCard sortingOblique StrategiesI ChingNathan CurtisJames MelzerKaren McGraneThe Information Architecture ConferenceSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Hans Krueger is co-founder of the international design consultancy MetaDesign. He also co-founded another design consultancy, FutureDraft, where we worked together for several years. In this conversation, we discuss Hans’s trajectory and how ancient teachings have helped him better understand his emotions.Show notesHans Krueger (LinkedIn)Now PartnersErik SpiekermannUli Mayer-JohanssenMetaDesignArnaud MaitlandNyingma school of BuddhismFutureDraftWalter LinkThe Cycle of Emotions - A guide to influencing reality by Jessica FanLongchenpa Kindly Bent to Ease Us – Part One: Mind by Longchenpa Kindly Bent to Ease Us - Part Two: Meditation by Longchenpa Kindly Bent to Ease Us - Part Three: Wonderment by LongchenpaSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Scientific American, Slate, Time magazine, The Best American Science Writing, and other publications.Our conversation focuses on the subject of her latest book, The Extended Mind, which is about how human cognition relies on our bodies, other people, and the material world. I loved this book and was thrilled to ask Annie about how this line of thinking plays out in the context of our heavily digitized lives.Show notesAnnie Murphy Paul@anniemurphypaul on TwitterThe Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain by Annie Murphy PaulThe Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves by Annie Murphy PaulOrigins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives by Annie Murphy PaulBook Notes: “The Extended Mind” by Jorge Arango Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorAndy ClarkDavid ChalmersCarol DweckApple WatchInteroceptionRobert CaroThe Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert CaroMiroMuralSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Patrick Tanguay is a self-described "generalist, synthesist, and curator of eclectic ideas." His weekly newsletter, Sentiers, surfaces deep posts about highly relevant topics and provides insightful commentary and ideas. In this conversation, we discuss the tools and methods that enable his curation and sharing process.Show notes@inervenu on TwitterAbout PatrickThe Alpine ReviewSentiersRSSInstapaperINFORMA(C)TION newsletterMailChimpPinboardDeliciousWordPressEleventyReadwiseObsidianPocket What is a static site generator? (Cloudflare)DuckDuckGorsynccronBearMarkdownThe Informed Life episode 54: Kourosh Dini on DEVONthinkDEVONthinkKeep ItEagleFilerGrant for the WebGitHubSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Nathan Shedroff is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and a colleague at the California College of the Arts, where we both teach in the graduate interaction design program. Nathan has worked for a long time on driving innovation and sustainability through design. This conversation focuses on his latest project: Foodicons, which is creating a shared, open-source, and royalty-free iconographic language of food.Show notesNathan Shedroff@nathanshedroff on TwitterCalifornia College of the Arts MDESDesign is the Problem: The Future of Design Must be Sustainable by Nathan ShedroffFoodiconsGreen Brown BlueThe LexiconThe Noun Project Foodicons collectionEvapotranspirationInformation Architects by Richard Saul WurmanMultimedia DemystifiedSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Sunni Brown is a social entrepreneur who uses visual literacy, design thinking, and visual facilitation to solve complex problems. She's the author of The Doodle Revolution and co-author of Gamestorming.In this conversation, we discuss Sunni's current area of focus, which uses Zen Buddhism and design thinking to help individuals craft a more fulfilling and engaged life.Show notesSunni BrownDeep Self DesignSunni on TwitterSunni on LinkedInSunni on InstagramSunni on FacebookThe Doodle Revolution: Unlock the Power to Think Differently by Sunni BrownGamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers by Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, and James MacanufoDave Mastronardi (LinkedIn)What is a multipotentialite? The Nexialist approach: Van Vogt and the idea that ‘specialisation is for insects’Sōtō ZenZendōReality distortion field_Liminal Thinking: Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think_ by Dave Gray In defense of the visual alphabet by Dave GrayDesign personasKate Rutter (LinkedIn)Brené BrownSesshin Double diamond diagramSome show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Karl Fast, an independent scholar and futurist, discusses interaction, embodiment, and epigenetics in design and technology. The conversation includes rat experiments, epistemic actions, and the nuances of interaction in various fields. They also touch on the significance of philosophy in robotics and design evolution with the rise of UX as an industry.

Karl Fast is an independent scholar, information architect, and futurist. He's the co-author of Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding alongside Stephen Anderson, who was featured in  episode 39 of the show. In this conversation, Karl tells us about what interaction designers can learn from cognitive science. We had a lot to discuss, so this episode is the first of two on the subject.Show notes@karlfast on Twitter Karl Fast on LinkedInFigure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding by Stephen P. Anderson and Karl FastThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanStroop effect The Extended Mind by Andy Clark and David ChalmersSupersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension by Andy ClarkHCI Remixed: Essays on Works That Have Influenced the HCI Community, edited by Thomas Erickson and David W. McDonaldOn Distinguishing Epistemic From Pragmatic Action by David Kirsch and Paul Maglio (pdf)The Intelligent Use of Space by David KirschHearing Gesture: How Our Hands Help Us Think by Susan Goldin-MeadowThings That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine by Don NormanThe Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition by Don NormanHans MoravecDisclosure: I received Karl’s book for free as a previous Rosenfeld Media/Two Waves author.Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.