Portfolio - Project 5
Intro
This is it folks! This is your chance to go back and revisit your previous work. The development and maintenance of a portfolio is a constant and career long effort. It’s how you’ll get your first job (and every job after), it’s what you’ll show to clients to convince them to hire you, and it’s what you’ll need to apply to grad school if you choose to further your formal education.
Your portfolio IS WHO YOU ARE AS A DESIGNER! So it needs to be your very best work. It is NOT everything you’ve ever done in the world. It is your VERY BEST WORK to date. The pieces that say “I’m a genius! Hire me! Look how deeply I can think and how well I can create what I’ve thought of! I’m amazing, and YOU want ME to work HERE!”
Assignment
Create a professional portfolio of your BEST work from ALL of your Design Foundations courses. You must show all of the exercises from DF1 plus 4 projects from DF1 and/or DF3. You must also show 5 projects from DF2 and/or DF4.
What to do
- Bring in ALL of your work from ALL of your Design Foundations courses with the accompanying grade sheets.
- Get feedback from your instructor and classmates in open class critique.
- Based on your thoughts on your own work, class critique, and instructor feedback, pick projects to revise. Wait! Don’t groan or panic! The point of this is not to work you to death. It is to allow you to go back and fix those projects where you had a great idea but didn’t yet have the practice or skills needed to execute the idea in the strongest way possible.
- Revise your strongest pieces and create your portfolio of foundations work.
Portfolio Specs (Download InDesign Template Files)
CRAFT IS VITAL IN THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR PORTFOLIO! You want me to be focused on how strong your concepts and work are. Small errors lower the perceived value of your work and could cost you the job! So, analyze your presentation quality, and act accordingly. Photos must be taken in the Design Photo Studio (unless permitted by your instructor). You will have time during class or the opportunity to go to Evans 9 outside of class to take pictures. You should replace flaps or other presentational elements to make you work look as pristine as possible.
Use the Portfolio Template to show your work. You can change fonts, image sizes, grid position, etc depending on the needs of the project/exercise. You may show multiple images of the same drawing (details, etc), and you don't have to show every page of multipage projects (like the color book). Remember, just like the Origami Herd Project, you want the viewer to look at the work not the layout. Ornamental or distorted typefaces are a bad idea. Keep it clean and simple.
Use the Portfolio Template to show your work. You can change fonts, image sizes, grid position, etc depending on the needs of the project/exercise. You may show multiple images of the same drawing (details, etc), and you don't have to show every page of multipage projects (like the color book). Remember, just like the Origami Herd Project, you want the viewer to look at the work not the layout. Ornamental or distorted typefaces are a bad idea. Keep it clean and simple.
Deliverables
Final Portfolio with all of the exercises from DF1 plus 4 projects from DF1 and/or DF3. You must also show 5 projects from DF2 and/or DF4.
Value - 100pts
Your DF4 Instructor as well as other Design Faculty will critique your work in the form of a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) during Critique Week, and that information will be shared with you in order for you to get a broad review of your work
Student Example Full Portfolio
Student Examples (Covers)
Examples shown on project pages were taken from student portfolios from last year. Browse through the entire foundations site to gain a better understanding of your layout options. You might also check the Interior Design Student Portfolios for ideas
