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Richard Saul Wurman (March 26, 1935) is an architect and graphic designer. He is considered a...

Richard Saul Wurman (March 26, 1935) is an architect and graphic designer. He is considered a pioneer in the practice of making information understandable. He has written and designed over 80 books and created the TED conferences (with which he is no longer associated). In 1976, he coined the phrase information architect out of his reaction to a society that daily creates massive amounts of information, but with little care or order. He created the popular ACCESS travel guide books, which were innovative in their use of mapping content by neighborhood. Simple but effective use of colored text allowed readers to separate, locate and evaluate restaurants, museums, parks, and other categorical destinations quickly. With this series of books, Wurman firmly established the purpose of information architecture. Wurman has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Grham Fellowships,and two Chandler Fellowships. He was awarded AIA Fellow in 1976 and the ADC Hall of Fame in 2003. He was a 2004 Medalist of the AIGA, which honored him as a design conference impresario. He is a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council. His current