Information Architecture
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Information Architecture
What Is a Taxonomy in Information Architecture?
A taxonomy is the agreed set of categories and labels a product files things under. What it is, how it differs from an ontology and a folksonomy, the three shapes it can take, and how to build one from card sorts instead of a whiteboard.
TYPENORMLabs · 7 min · July 31, 2026
Information Architecture
UX Tools UX Teardown: A Table That Shows Its Sample Size and Still Misleads
A UX teardown of UX Tools' browse surfaces: it prints the sample size next to every number, which almost nobody does, then renders a rating from one response with the same weight as a rating from 1,603.
TYPENORMLabs · 6 min · August 3, 2026
Information Architecture
Smashing Magazine UX Teardown: Putting the Byline Before the Headline
A UX teardown of Smashing Magazine's reading experience: it makes people visible where Medium and Substack show algorithms — and pays for it with a category page three years out of date.
TYPENORMLabs · 6 min · July 30, 2026
Information Architecture
UX Collective UX Teardown: Building the Biggest Design Publication on Rented Land
A UX teardown of UX Collective: the largest independent design publication runs entirely on Medium, and every page is shaped by owning the taste but not the platform. How the read flow races Medium for the reader — and the one tab that wins.
TYPENORMLabs · 5 min · July 24, 2026
Information Architecture
Nielsen Norman Group UX Teardown: The Oldest Funnel in UX, Run in Plain Sight
A UX teardown of Nielsen Norman Group's site: how the firm that made usability a profession turns a free article library into five- and six-figure consulting — three tiers of the same authority, priced for three different buyers.
TYPENORMLabs · 5 min · July 24, 2026
Information Architecture
Flipboard UX Teardown: A Magazine You Can Look At But Can't Flip
A UX teardown of Flipboard's web surfaces: the magazine metaphor, the SEO-shaped topic feeds, and a homepage that shows you the whole social reader to take one login for it. How the flip became bait.
TYPENORMLabs · 5 min · July 25, 2026
Information Architecture
Useberry UX Teardown: How an All-in-One Tool Sells Breadth Without Overwhelming You
A UX teardown of Useberry's product pages: how it sells a dozen research methods to non-researchers by turning breadth into 'building blocks' — and the one place the responses-per-month meter quietly changes what you're buying.
TYPENORMLabs · 5 min · July 15, 2026
Navigation Design
Mega Menus — When and How to Use Them
A mega menu shows a site's whole structure in one panel. Here's when a mega menu earns that space, when a plain dropdown wins, and how to build one that's fast, scannable, and accessible.
TYPENORMLabs · 6 min · July 15, 2026
Information Architecture
Designing Intranet Information Architecture
An intranet fails when nobody can find anything. A practical guide to intranet information architecture — how to structure, label, and navigate the internal site so people stop emailing each other for links.
TYPENORMLabs · 7 min · June 28, 2026
Navigation Design
Breadcrumb Navigation — Patterns & Best Practices
Breadcrumbs show a user where they are and how they got there. Here are the three breadcrumb patterns, when each earns its place, and the accessibility and SEO details most teams miss.
TYPENORMLabs · 6 min · July 16, 2026
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