Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: The Purposes of Design Portfolios
Graphic Design Portfolio
Advertising Portfolio
Illustration Portfolio
Interactive Media Portfolio
Graduate School Applications
Grants, Scholarships, and Competitions
Portfolios Through the Eyes of Professionals
Chapter Two: Portfolio Preparation
Conducting a Portfolio Audit
Organizing Your Files
Making Digital Images of Your Work
Making and Using a Digital Slide Presentation
Selecting and Editing
Quantity
Quality
Variety
Chapter Three: Developing a Cohesive Concept
Branding and Identity
Distinguishing Your Work
Can You Tell a Story?
Chapter Four: Process and Collaboration
Why Show Process in Your Portfolio?
The Design Process Book
Using Sketches to Show Concept
Showing Process Online: Website and Blogs
Presenting Follow-up
Collaborative Projects
Chapter Five: Developing the Layout and Sequence
Looking Ahead
Overall Sequence of Projects
Planning the Layout
Developing a Grid
Dealing with the Oversized Piece of Work
Continuity in the Plate Portfolio
The Grid in Web Design
Rehearsal Portfolio and Testing Ideas
Chapter Six: Form of the Book
The Outside Case
Plate Portfolios
Binders and Binding Methods
Printing
Print in a Web World
Chapter Seven: The Interactive Environment
Everyone Needs a Website
Interactive Designer/Developer Portfolios
The Branded Website
Designing Your Website
Site Structure
Differences Between Print and Web
Usability and Web Standards
A Higher Level of Hierarchy
Chapter Eight: The Resume Package and Presentation
The Resume Package
The Cover Letter
The Resume
The Teaser or Leave-behind
And So Your Adventure Begins
Appendix: Design Office Survey
Participating Institutions
Bibliography
