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issuu.com/gracefulspoon/docs/080206_arch_portfolio
As this flat from architectural student John Locke's online
portfolio attests, an architectural presentation should
emphasize all stages of the development cycle, from first
sketches to the completed project.
Industrial designer | for commission or full-time
Industrial designers design products and systems. Excellent 3D visualization tal-
ent and sketching skills are important prerequisites and play a big role in their portfo-
lio presentations. Their strengths in usability and navigation make them naturals for
careers in multimedia design. Although industrial designers overlap architects in many
of the technical tools of their trade, their portfolio requirements diverge. Unlike archi-
tects, ID portfolios are frequently digital, both in web and CD form.
Young 3D designers, even ones with great creative promise, will spend their
first years exercising their modeling or drafting expertise. A portfolio that doesn't dis-
play the highest possible professional craft with the widest variety of tools will go to
the bottom of the pile. Process is very effective as well. In addition, usability is often
a major design issue, particularly for product designers, making a great, elegantly
conceived online portfolio a bonus.
