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Peter Morville is a pioneer of the fields of information architecture and user experience. He's been helping people to plan since 1994. Clients include AT&T, Cisco, eBay, Harvard, IBM, Macy's, the Library of Congress, and the National Cancer Institute. He has delivered keynotes and workshops in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His work has been covered by Business Week, The Economist, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal. Peter lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife, two daughters, and a dog named Knowsy. ...more

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	Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites 3.93 avg rating — 3,840 ratings — published 1998 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become 3.72 avg rating — 1,357 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Intertwingled: Information Changes Everything 3.79 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Search Patterns: Design for Discovery by Peter Morville (Goodreads Author), Jeffery Callender 3.86 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2010 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Planning for Everything: The Design of Paths and Goals 3.84 avg rating — 86 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animals Are People it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Design Fundamentals by Louis Rosenfeld (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Peter Morville (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Trace Wax (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ビジュアル・ストーリーテリング -インフォグラフィックが切り拓くビジネスコミュニケーションの未来 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond by Louis Rosenfeld; Peter Morville; Jorge Arango, Peter Morville (Goodreads Author), Jorge Arango (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Chapter 2 of Natural Information Architecture is available (online for free) and is my most substantive contribution to information architecture since the polar bear book. Speaking of which, I’m excited to join Samantha Bailey Fast and Lou Rosenfeld next week to share an oral history of information architecture with The Sensemakers Club. Back to writing,Keep reading Read more of this blog post »

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“What we find changes who we become.”
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“The journey transforms the destination.”
― Peter Morville, Ambient Findability: What We Find Changes Who We Become

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“time when learning how to learn (and unlearn) is central to success. Instead of hiding from change, let’s embrace it. Each time we try something new, we get better at getting better. Experience builds competence and confidence, so we’re ready for the big changes, like re-thinking what we do.”
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