1. A method for selectively analyzing a large set of signified information objects comprising: collecting a large set of information objects; signifying the information objects, wherein at least a portion of the signification is produced by responding to deliberately ambiguated signifier prompts; selecting suitable axes based on the signification of the information objects for generating a landscape of the signification data; generating the landscape with links to the information objects; and using the landscape to identify potentially relevant information objects, and reviewing only the identified potentially relevant information objects.