When it comes to Information Architecture one of the best think-tanks on the issue is the Foresight Institute (www.foresight.org) [Drexler's mob], although trying to dig the stuff out of their website can be a bit tricky, since it assumes that the casual visitor is more interested in nanotechnology than information science. A lot of their work concerns the intelligent filtering of information and verification/accreditation of information. I believe that they were the first to propose ideas such as information exchanges (where information is treated as a commodity in a capitalist manner; not to restrict an idea (such as with patents) but to validate it's worth). They've played with some fun ideas.
The fundamental problem with information spaces such as the web is fast and accurate navigation within the infospace, so that the data you desire is immediately available with the minimum of effort. Unfortuneately that is an idea that is extremely lost on architecture/Design students, for example, where they think pretty is better than simple and concise.
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The fundamental problem with information spaces such as the web is fast and accurate navigation within the infospace, so that the data you desire is immediately available with the minimum of effort. Unfortuneately that is an idea that is extremely lost on architecture/Design students, for example, where they think pretty is better than simple and concise.