World Information Architecture Day Ann Arbor Returns on February 23

Design for Difference: World IA Day 2019, location connections, global impact.

Back for its eighth year, World Information Architecture (IA) Day Ann Arbor is the annual one-day conference created by the Information Architecture Institute and produced by local volunteers.

Organized by School of Information students at the University of Michigan, this year’s event with the theme “Design for Difference” will be held Saturday, February 23, 2019. Continue reading World Information Architecture Day Ann Arbor Returns on February 23

Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile

red, green, and yellow woven squares cover a white overhead light with centered circle of multiple brilliant colors.

Eating out this weekend with my family at The Blue Nile Ethiopian restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan transported me back a few decades. I smiled as I remembered the restaurant’s first location in Kerrytown, just north of downtown Ann Arbor. Memories flooded back of eating at the woven mesob tables on the first floor of… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Colorful Lighting at The Blue Nile

Photo of the Week: Evening Light at Furstenberg Park

evening light shines on the foilage of trees arching over the Huron River

The last few evenings have been perfect—relatively cool temperatures with light breezes—for walks at nearby parks. Birds singing joyfully, a Baltimore Oriole pair chasing each other through the tree branches, a Mute Swan swims near the shoreline, its cygnets closely following in tight formation. Beautiful golden light shining through the green foilage of the trees… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Evening Light at Furstenberg Park