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Building a
Portfolio:What it is. Why have one.
How it is done.
MIT Ideation Lab / September 23, 2010
Precap
What is it?
Why should I have one?
How do I create it?
But first, a mini quiz!
What are the five rules of making a
portfolio?
just kidding
The notecards are for you to make
notes and jot down questions.
Put your name on the top of a
blank index card
What?
visual representation of your work,
complementing your resume
a physical book?
not necessarily.
could be a pdf, a website, anything
consider your audience
Why?
required for your new job or school
efficient
only way to show design detail
example of your own design work
Tiffany Tseng, MIT 2009
Inside a portfolio
How?
don’t worry about making the actual
portfolio now, but...
...start documenting now!
sketches
CAD
prototypes
goalsstoryboardsdiagrams
analysisproduct specstesting
design notebook!
Things to collect:
Mike Milleris an Industrial Designer from MassArt
now working at Contour Design.
Connie Yangis a Mechanical Engineer from MIT
now working at Nemo Equipment.
Having a portfolio and showing it to engineers will blow them away.
If you are interviewing at a design !rm, having a design portfolio is an absolute necessity.
Either way, you need it.
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1. Egregious typos
“I am very interested in a job at NEMO Equiptment...”
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1. Egregious typos 2. Bad format (e.g. Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, random folder of images, etc.)
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1. Egregious typos2. Bad format (e.g. Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, random folder of images, etc.)3. Huge !le size
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1. Egregious typos 2. Bad format (e.g. Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, random folder of images, etc.)3. Huge !le size4. Aesthetic: bad fonts/colors/spacing (please no comic sans/papyrus)
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1. Egregious typos2. Bad format (e.g. Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, random folder of images, etc.)3. Huge !le size4. Aesthetic: bad fonts/colors/spacing (please no comic sans/papyrus)5. Too many or too few pages (about 4-5 projects)
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1. General good aesthetic • Layout (graphic that ties it all together) • Good typography • Clean product photos • Organized info
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1. General good aesthetic2. Good thinking: Makes me think, “that’s smart/interesting/beautiful!”
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1. General good aesthetic2. Good thinking3. Process (evolution of design) • Sketching • Rendering • Modeling/CAD • Looks like / Works like prototype • Alpha prototype
Show your ability to take a product from beginning to end
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1. General good aesthetic2. Good thinking3. Process (evolution of design)4. Variety of individual/group projects • Be clear on why your project/design is special • Describe what role you played in group projects • Sell your project, don’t downplay ... • ... but don’t oversell and set yourself up to disappoint
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1. General good aesthetic2. Good thinking3. Process (evolution of design)4. Variety of individual/group projects5. Projects on your own time • Speci!cally targets a company • Shows initiative
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1. General good aesthetic2. Good thinking3. Process (evolution of design)4. Variety of individual/group projects5. Projects on your own time6. Personal interests • Show personality/creativity beyond academic projects
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Question
and
Answer(hopefully)
What?
Recap
Why?
How?
visual representation of your work
convey the detail of your work
start documenting now!
Spring term
Roadmap
Resources
interest surveysoftware and layout workshopsconsultation sessions
portfolio websitefind mentorsfind existing examples (benchmarking)
Go Build a
Portfolio!What it is. Why have one.
How it is done.
MIT Ideation Lab / September 23, 2010
Justin Lai (justinlai) / Geoff Tsai (heff)
Mike Miller ([email protected]) / Connie Yang ([email protected])