Tidying Up Messes

A presentation at World IA Day 2019 Manila in in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines by Sophia Lucero

tidying up messes

tidying up messes

(recreated mess)

(recreated mess)

tidying up is like information architecture except the mess is intangible

tidying up is like information architecture except the mess is intangible

but don’t take my word for it.

but don’t take my word for it.

chapters

chapters

hi, i’m ia & i like meta things

hi, i’m ia & i like meta things

こ ん ま り konmari kondo marie

こ ん ま り konmari kondo marie

1. reflect on each part’s role in the greater whole

1. reflect on each part’s role in the greater whole

discard

discard

organize

organize

we should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.

we should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.

2. be open to the unfamiliar

2. be open to the unfamiliar

と き め く tokimeku (to) flutter, “spark joy”, kilig

と き め く tokimeku (to) flutter, “spark joy”, kilig

“does it spark joy?”

“does it spark joy?”

shinto 神道

shinto 神道

what else could we be learning?

what else could we be learning?

inspiration or appropriation?

inspiration or appropriation?

…did i just make things messier?

…did i just make things messier?

things to try

things to try

In 2015, IA specialist Abby Covert wrote a book, How to Make Sense of Any Mess. In 2011, Marie Kondo wrote a book turned TV show on tidying up that has taken the world by storm. If our work can be thought of as sorting out messes, perhaps we can learn a few things from Konmari?

Resources

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