A blog about information architecture and design, by Chris Sainsbury

I draw boxes

General musings

Great digital marketing ebooks from Wunderman

November 14th, 2008

I came across these great digital marketing ebooks (PDFs) from agency Wunderman. In particular the one entitled How to think digital. They seem to be freely available - enjoy!

http://pubs.wunderman.com/digital/

The user experience of a toilet on South West Trains

July 24th, 2008

Whitney Hess’s recent post about the user experience of a staircase reminded me that user experience design is everywhere and affects us everyday. Don Norman’s seminal work The design of everyday things analyses the design of many objects, such as telephones and doors. I came across this terrible design recently and had to share it here. Read more »

Should IAs be involved thoughout the web development process?

July 7th, 2008

A fundamental question for me relating to the information architect role is how we fit in to and interact with the wider web team, and to what extent IAs should be involved throughout the web process. Read more »

Ideas for blog posts

June 2nd, 2008

A few ideas for blogs I could write Read more »

Raison d’être

May 30th, 2008

So this is my first post…

I’m not sure what this site will develop in to - if anything (useful). But I’ve created it because I think it’s important to share ideas relating to making and planning web sites. Information architecture is such a new and evolving discipline, I wanted to get involved in the community to let other know what it is to me, and to find out what it is to them. Read more »

About I draw boxes

I draw boxes is a blog by Chris Sainsbury about information architecture, interaction design and user experience design.

It's a forum for discussion on the best ways of planning and organising web sites and other digital products.

Often this planning process involves drawing boxes on bits of paper and annotating them to communicate ideas. Hence the name.

Please read this site's raison d’être for more information.