First page- Scott Patterson

Scott Patterson is an information architect and interactive designer. He joined the design company Plumb Design in 1999, when he joined the company there was no real specific job role for him, so he created his own. He was a liaison between the design and technology departments, they called this role Technical producer.
While he was with plumb design he helped to create The Visual Thesaurus, he was the site developer on this project.

The Visual Thesaurus is a tool to explore, study and analyse the structure of language. The project was created using java based visualization software, which helps to create dynamic interfaces. All the data for the Visual Thesaurus is accessed off a publicly available reference system, Word. net. It is accessible to a wide audience and explores a clear relationship between words.

KEY points:
· www.plumbdesign.com
· Plumb design was founded in 1997, and then in 2004 they changed their name to Thinkmap .inc, to better represent their software
· The visual thesaurus displays interrelationships between words and meanings as a spatial maps, translates information into a visual architectural map.
· It maps out every word and will eventually map around to the original word you started with.

The Visual Thesaurus shows us how times have changed, and that people are not just content with using a book anymore. They want it to be easy as well as being more accessible with all the information at the touch of a button.