📖 Notes
LESSON 15 OF 26
Information Architecture & User Flows
The Structure Behind the Screens
Organize content logically. Card sorting, sitemaps, user flow diagrams, and navigation patterns.
Structuring Content
Card Sorting, Sitemaps, User Flows
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Card Sorting
Users group content into categories that make sense to them, revealing how they mentally organize information.
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Sitemap
A hierarchical outline showing how pages relate to and nest within each other.
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User Flow
The step-by-step path a user takes through screens to complete a specific task.
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Navigation Patterns
Tab bars, hamburger menus, breadcrumbs — standard structures users already recognize.
Why Structure Comes Before Screens
A beautifully designed screen that sits in the wrong place in the navigation still frustrates users. Information architecture decides where things live before UI design decides what they look like.