<PAGE>

      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 31, 2002

                                                       REGISTRATION NO.333-_____

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       NORTH CAROLINA                                           87-0399301
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                                4064 COLONY ROAD
                         CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324

  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
                   REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                   ----------

              INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                   ----------

                 ROBERT F. GRUDER                   COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:
              CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
        PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD            MICHAEL R. DOREY, ESQ.
        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION             SAYLES, LIDJI & WERBNER
                 4064 COLONY ROAD                    A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
          CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28211              4400 RENAISSANCE TOWER
                  (704) 365-2324                           1201 ELM STREET
                                                         DALLAS, TEXAS 75270
 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE         (214) 939-8700
NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                   ----------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<Table>
<Caption>
===========================================================================================================================
                                                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM
  TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                  AMOUNT TO           OFFERING PRICE            AGGREGATE              AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED             BE REGISTERED           PER UNIT(1)         OFFERING PRICE(1)      REGISTRATION FEE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                     <C>                  <C>                   <C>                     <C>

COMMON STOCK,
$0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE               3,400,000(1)             $0.78(2)             $2,652,000(2)             $244(2)
===========================================================================================================================
</Table>

----------

(1)      3,400,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of
         Information Architects Corporation, are being registered for issuance
         pursuant to the Information Architects Corporation Omnibus Stock Plan
         (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement also relates to an
         indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to
         adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan
         as the result of a stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
         outstanding common stock.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
         Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and
         Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is based
         upon the average of the high and low prices per share of common stock
         on the Nasdaq National Market System on May 22, 2002.


<PAGE>

                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         Information Architects Corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with
Rule 413 of Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to register
additional securities of the same class as registered under the Company's
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-50825 and 333-34382) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1998, and April 7,
2000, respectively (the "Previous Registration Statements"), for the purpose of
registering an additional 3,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock
issuable pursuant to the Company's Omnibus Stock Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates
by reference herein the contents of the Previous Registration Statements,
including any information incorporated by reference in the Previous Registration
Statements, to the extent that they present information not otherwise presented
herein.

         The Previous Registration Statements covered a maximum of 3,000,000
shares of the Company's common stock that were authorized for issuance under the
Plan. On May 25, 2001, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of an amendment
to the Plan and authorized an increase in the aggregate number of shares
authorized for issuance under the Plan from 3,000,000 shares to 4,000,000
shares. However, the Company recently affected a reverse stock split of its
common stock, at a ratio of one-for-five (the "Reverse Stock Split"). As a
result of the Reverse Stock Split, the maximum number of shares of the Company's
common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan was reduced to 800,000
shares. On January 25, 2002, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of an
amendment to the Plan and authorized another increase in the aggregate number of
shares to be issued under the Plan from 800,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares. This
Registration Statement covers the increase of 3,400,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of authorized shares to
4,000,000 after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents, which have been previously filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

                  (a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
         ended December 31, 2001;

                  (b) All reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
         13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
         "Exchange Act") since December 31, 2001; and

                  (c) The description of the Company's common stock set forth in
         the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, dated March 31, 1997
         (Commission File Number 0-22325) including any amendment or report
         filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
of the shares of common stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of
such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration



                                      II-1
<PAGE>

Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred
to as "Incorporated Documents").

         Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

         The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to
Exhibits of this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by
reference.




                                      II-2
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Charlotte, in the state of North Carolina, on May 31,
2002.

                                        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Robert F. Gruder
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Robert F. Gruder
                                            Chief Executive Officer,
                                            President and Chairman

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Information Architects
Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert F. Gruder our true
and lawful attorney with full power to him to sign for us, in our names and in
the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
Registration Statement, and generally to do all things in our name and on our
behalf in the capacities indicated below to enable Information Architects
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures, as they may be signed by Robert
F. Gruder, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.

<Table>
<Caption>
                  SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                               DATE
                  ---------                                    -----                               ----
<S>                                             <C>                                            <C>

/s/ Robert F. Gruder                            Chief Executive Officer, President             May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            and Chairman of the Board
Robert F. Gruder                                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ J. Wayne Thomas                             Chief Financial Officer                        May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            (Principal Financial and Accounting
J. Wayne Thomas                                 Officer)

/s/ Thomas J. Dudchik                           Senior Executive Vice President and            May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            Director
Thomas J. Dudchik

/s/ Larry R. Green                              Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Larry R. Green

/s/ Wells Van Pelt                              Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Wells Van Pelt

/s/ Marc S. Ganis                               Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Marc S. Ganis
</Table>




                                      II-3
<PAGE>


                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<Table>
<Caption>
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION
-------                  -----------
<S>                      <C>

   4.7*                  Addendum to Information Architects Corporation Omnibus
                         Stock Plan dated May 25, 2001.

   4.8*                  Addendum to Information Architects Corporation Omnibus
                         Stock Plan dated February 1, 2002.

   5.2*                  Opinion of Sayles, Lidji & Werbner, A Professional
                         Corporation.

   23.3*                 Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent
                         certified public accountants.

   23.4*                 Consent of Sayles, Lidji & Werbner, A Professional
                         Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.2).

   24.1*                 Power of Attorney (Contained on page II-3)
</Table>

* FILED HEREWITH.
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 31, 2002

                                                       REGISTRATION NO.333-_____

================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                   ----------

                                    FORM S-8
             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                   ----------

                       INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       NORTH CAROLINA                                           87-0399301
(State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                                4064 COLONY ROAD
                         CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28211
                                 (704) 365-2324

  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
                   REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)

                                   ----------

              INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION OMNIBUS STOCK PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)

                                   ----------

                 ROBERT F. GRUDER                   COPIES OF COMMUNICATIONS TO:
              CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
        PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD            MICHAEL R. DOREY, ESQ.
        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION             SAYLES, LIDJI & WERBNER
                 4064 COLONY ROAD                    A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
          CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28211              4400 RENAISSANCE TOWER
                  (704) 365-2324                           1201 ELM STREET
                                                         DALLAS, TEXAS 75270
 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE         (214) 939-8700
NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)

                                   ----------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===========================================================================================================================
                                                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM       PROPOSED MAXIMUM
  TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF                  AMOUNT TO           OFFERING PRICE            AGGREGATE              AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED             BE REGISTERED           PER UNIT(1)         OFFERING PRICE(1)      REGISTRATION FEE
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMON STOCK,
$0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE               3,400,000(1)             $0.78(2)             $2,652,000(2)             $244(2)
===========================================================================================================================
----------

(1)      3,400,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of
         Information Architects Corporation, are being registered for issuance
         pursuant to the Information Architects Corporation Omnibus Stock Plan
         (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement also relates to an
         indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to
         adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan
         as the result of a stock dividend or similar adjustment of the
         outstanding common stock.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
         Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) and
         Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is based
         upon the average of the high and low prices per share of common stock
         on the Nasdaq National Market System on May 22, 2002.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

         Information Architects Corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with
Rule 413 of Regulation C of the Securities Act of 1933, hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to register
additional securities of the same class as registered under the Company's
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-50825 and 333-34382) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1998, and April 7,
2000, respectively (the "Previous Registration Statements"), for the purpose of
registering an additional 3,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock
issuable pursuant to the Company's Omnibus Stock Plan, as amended (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company hereby incorporates
by reference herein the contents of the Previous Registration Statements,
including any information incorporated by reference in the Previous Registration
Statements, to the extent that they present information not otherwise presented
herein.

         The Previous Registration Statements covered a maximum of 3,000,000
shares of the Company's common stock that were authorized for issuance under the
Plan. On May 25, 2001, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of an amendment
to the Plan and authorized an increase in the aggregate number of shares
authorized for issuance under the Plan from 3,000,000 shares to 4,000,000
shares. However, the Company recently affected a reverse stock split of its
common stock, at a ratio of one-for-five (the "Reverse Stock Split"). As a
result of the Reverse Stock Split, the maximum number of shares of the Company's
common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan was reduced to 800,000
shares. On January 25, 2002, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of an
amendment to the Plan and authorized another increase in the aggregate number of
shares to be issued under the Plan from 800,000 shares to 4,000,000 shares. This
Registration Statement covers the increase of 3,400,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of authorized shares to
4,000,000 after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split.

                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents, which have been previously filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

                  (a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
         ended December 31, 2001;

                  (b) All reports filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
         13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
         "Exchange Act") since December 31, 2001; and

                  (c) The description of the Company's common stock set forth in
         the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, dated March 31, 1997
         (Commission File Number 0-22325) including any amendment or report
         filed for the purpose of updating such description.

         All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all
of the shares of common stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of
such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration

                                      II-1
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
(such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred
to as "Incorporated Documents").

         Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

         The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Index to
Exhibits of this Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by
reference.

                                      II-2
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Charlotte, in the state of North Carolina, on May 31,
2002.

                                        INFORMATION ARCHITECTS CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Robert F. Gruder
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Robert F. Gruder
                                            Chief Executive Officer,
                                            President and Chairman

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         We, the undersigned officers and directors of Information Architects
Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Robert F. Gruder our true
and lawful attorney with full power to him to sign for us, in our names and in
the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
Registration Statement, and generally to do all things in our name and on our
behalf in the capacities indicated below to enable Information Architects
Corporation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and all other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures, as they may be signed by Robert
F. Gruder, to said Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                               DATE
                  ---------                                    -----                               ----
/s/ Robert F. Gruder                            Chief Executive Officer, President             May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            and Chairman of the Board
Robert F. Gruder                                (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ J. Wayne Thomas                             Chief Financial Officer                        May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            (Principal Financial and Accounting
J. Wayne Thomas                                 Officer)

/s/ Thomas J. Dudchik                           Senior Executive Vice President and            May 31, 2002
------------------------------------            Director
Thomas J. Dudchik

/s/ Larry R. Green                              Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Larry R. Green

/s/ Wells Van Pelt                              Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Wells Van Pelt

/s/ Marc S. Ganis                               Director                                       May 31, 2002
------------------------------------
Marc S. Ganis
II-3
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION
-------                  -----------
4.7*                  Addendum to Information Architects Corporation Omnibus
                         Stock Plan dated May 25, 2001.

   4.8*                  Addendum to Information Architects Corporation Omnibus
                         Stock Plan dated February 1, 2002.

   5.2*                  Opinion of Sayles, Lidji & Werbner, A Professional
                         Corporation.

   23.3*                 Consent of Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, independent
                         certified public accountants.

   23.4*                 Consent of Sayles, Lidji & Werbner, A Professional
                         Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.2).

   24.1*                 Power of Attorney (Contained on page II-3)
* FILED HEREWITH.