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# Visual vocabulary to visual language - Stuart Curran - WIAD17 Manchester

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## Visual vocabulary to visual language: what comics can teach information architecture

### Resource information

* **Presenter:** Stuart Curran
* **Event:** World IA Day 2017 Manchester
* **Date published:** 2017 April 5
* **Date recorded:** 2017 Feb 18
* **Duration:** 35 minutes
* **Format:** Talk
* **Language:** English
  * **Original audio:** English
  * **Subtitles:** English (auto-generated)
  * **Transcript:** Not Available
* **Tags:** comics, meaning, structure, visual vocabulary

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### Summary

Information architecture often focuses on the structure of meaning. It organises and connects information into consistent, relevant experiences.

Stuart Curran examines the meaning of structure. He draws on sequential art research and comic-book masters. The session shows what information architects can learn from the page metaphor.

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### Part of collections

* [World IA Day 2017](/content-collection/collections/world-ia-day-2017.md)