My friend and colleague Mark Wieman did this interview with Richard Saul Wurman, which ran in my book, Follow for Now.
With the publication of his first book in 1962 at the age of 26, Richard Saul Wurman began the singular passion of his life: making information understandable. Wurman coined the term “Information Architecture” in 1976 and in 1984 he created the Technology Entertainment Design (TED) conference and remains chairman and creative director. The next TED conference, TEDX in February 2000, will focus on understanding America at the millennium and will be accompanied by the publication of his sixty-sixth book, Understanding USA (TED Conferences, 1999). Continue reading “Richard Saul Wurman: Technology, Entertainment, Design”