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1954

Eric Reiss (born 1954) is an American business and information architecture theorist, consultant and author, known for his work in the field of information architecture, usability, and service design.

Born in San Antonio, Texas in 1954, his family relocated to St. Louis prior to his first birthday when his father accepted a position at Washington University School of Medicine.

1963

Reiss is the son of two prominent physicians who played pivotal roles in bringing about the nuclear test-ban treaty of 1963 (see Linus Pauling "Activism").

His Viennese-born father, Eric Reiss, M.D., performed early and groundbreaking research on parathyroid hormone (PTH).

His mother, Louise Zibold Reiss, M.D., as Director of the Baby Tooth Survey, was involved in mapping levels of radioactive Strontium-90 in the U.S. food chain secondary to nuclear fallout.

1964

His family moved to the Chicago suburb of Highland Park in 1964.

1968

He was active in theatre and the performing arts while at Highland Park High School from 1968–1972.

During this time, Reiss started restoring player pianos and jukeboxes.

He formed his first company, Reiss Player Piano Service, at age 16.

1972

Reiss returned to St. Louis to study at Washington University in St. Louis in 1972.

1975

A ragtime pianist, Reiss was Musical Director on the Goldenrod Showboat on the Mississippi River levee during much of 1975, where he also participated in the National Ragtime Festival along with Trebor Tichenor, Dave Jason, Terry Waldo, and the Black Eagle Jazz Band.

1976

In 1976, he received his BA degree, having studied Performing Arts and Political Science.

After his graduation, Eric Reiss moved to Copenhagen, Denmark to become a stage director at the Royal Danish Theatre.

He was originally apprenticed in the fall of 1976 to Danish director Sam Besekow, where he assisted with the production of Eduardo De Filippo's play Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

1977

In early 1977, Reiss was granted full director status by the theater.

In 1977, his original play, Marionettes, was awarded first prize at the Illinois One-Act Play Festival.

Following a 10-year career in the Scandinavian theater world, publication of the first Danish-language adventure game (Skabet), and a short stint studying Egyptology, Reiss' first book, The Compleat Talking Machine (ISBN 1-886606-18-8) led to a career change in 1986 when he migrated from theater to professional writing.

1989

Other acting credits include the Danish film, Miraklet i Valby (1989) and off-screen dubbing for Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000).

Reiss and his wife Dorthe make their home in Copenhagen, Denmark.

He holds citizenship from Denmark, Germany, and the United States.

Reiss is the author of Practical Information Architecture (ISBN 0-201-72590-8), Web Dogma '06.

and Usable Usability (ISBN 978-1118185476).

He has also contributed to several other books and publications, including Designing Web Navigation (ISBN 978-0-596-52810-2), Pervasive Information Architecture (ISBN 978-0123820945), Designing the Conversation (ISBN 0-321-88672-0), Speaker Camp (ISBN 0-321-96112-9) and commentary to the online Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction.

1997

In early 1997, he developed an on-line communications concept for his employer, Cross-Border Communications.

The resulting microsite, Rick's Cafe, was an interactive precursor to a blog and was subsequently voted Macromedia Site of the Week.

Reiss is currently CEO of the Copenhagen-based FatDUX Group ApS, which designs online and offline interactive experiences.

1998

He was also a regular on the MTV-produced candid-camera show, Rent Fup, during the season 1998–1999.

2005

He is a past president of the Information Architecture Institute, served as Chair of the European Information Architecture Summit - EuroIA from 2005-2014, and is on the Advisory Board of the Copenhagen Business School (Department of Informatics) and the Romanian Institute of Information Architecture.

Reiss was President of the Information Architecture Institute for two terms and was a founder of the European Information Architecture Summit and served as Chair from 2005-2014 until he was asked to step down after multiple accusations of sexual harassment.

Reiss is active in the information architecture/usability/user experience/service design scene.

2009

Between 2009-2011, Reiss was an Associate Professor of Usability and Design at IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa) in Madrid, Spain, where he received several awards for his teaching, including the "Best Professor" prize in 2009.

Reiss is still active as a performer and musician, working regularly with Vivienne McKee's London Toast Theatre in Copenhagen.

2010

In 2010, he was named in a blog as "One of the Top 10 European Content Strategists to Watch".

Reiss wrote the talking machine book, now in its fifth edition (10th printing).

Reiss has since worked almost exclusively in developing business-to-business communications materials and marketing strategies.

With the advent of PC-based multimedia in the late 80s and the World Wide Web a few years later, Reiss combined his knowledge of theater, communication, and computers to build interactive business tools.

2019

In 2019 he sued the Information Architecture Institute.

On March 20, 2019 Reiss filed a petition for discovery against the Information Architecture Institute.

Judge Patricia O‘Brian Sheahan dismissed the motion.

On June 6, 2019 Reiss filed a general chancery claim in the Circuit Court of Cook County.