Graphic Design Portfolio Strategies for Print and Digital Media

Graphic Design Portfolio Strategies for Print and Digital Media is now listed on the Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com web sites. This is a textbook on how to create a unique and effective professional portfolio. Directed to the concerns of students completing a four-year college program in design, it can be used as a textbook for portfolio courses or it can be a valuable reference for the individual starting on or improving a portfolio.

The book takes you through the design process, following a series of questions, the answers to which will lead you to making the portfolio descisions that are right for you and your work. It covers chosing the right binding method, how to photograph your work, and making decisions on the most appropriate design of a portfolio web site.

Bradley Senior Show in Chicago, 2010

Students show their porfolios and senior projects at the Aldo Castillo Gallery, April 29th, 2010.

Bradley University Senior Portfolios

A sampling of portfolios from the graduating class

Senior Projects: more than just a portfolio class

Examples of senior project boards from Bradley University. As a part of the Senior Graphic Design Portfolio show in the spring, graduating seniors create a poster presentation of their senior project. Sometimes it is a self-defined project, other times they can select a brief from a competition, such the D&AD student awards competition. Here are some examples of the presentation panels, each are 15x30 inches.

For Multimedia 113 and Art 406 students:

Here is a link to a progressive set of sample web pages that demonstrate how to create a couple of styles of web galleries and styles of navigation links. (Thank you Amanda Knussman for the use of your images for this demonstration.)

WordPress

The Blog section of this site was created using Wordpress. Having tried severa of the opensource web-development and content management tools, I found Wordpress to be the simpliest to implement .