RESEARCH GUIDE: PORTFOLIOS
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In the Library
Building Design Portfolios : Innovative Concepts for Presenting Your Work
by Sara Eisenman
Covers print and digital portfolios, creative containers, promotional materials, and presenting print portfolios, with an extensive gallery of examples
Design Matters : Portfolios 01 : An Essential Primer for Today’s Competitive Market
by Maura Keller
Details the process of planning and creating a portfolio from beginning to end, with a focus on physical portfolios and creative containers
Design Portfolios : Moving From Traditional to Digital
by Diane Bender
Details the process of planning and creating a portfolio from beginning to end, covering different ways of organizing a portfolio, portfolio reviews, layout and design, print and digital portfolios, portfolio containers, and digital imagery. Includes a academic portfolios for graduate school applications as well as professional portfolios for job applications
HOW Magazine
Covers layout, logos, fonts, colors, and more, and highlights excellent graphic design projects including websites, ads, and brochures
Portfolio Design
by Harold Linton
Details the process of planning and creating a portfolio from beginning to end, covering layout, combining images and type, creating containers, and creating online digital portfolios
Portfolios for Interior Designers : A Guide to Portfolios, Creative Résumés, and the Job Search
by Maureen Mitton
Covers résumés, cover letters, print and digital portfolios, and portfolio containers, with examples of each. Provides guidance on graphic design, layout, type, color, and using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, and Acrobat
Print Magazine
Covers layout, logos, fonts, colors, and more, and highlights excellent graphic design projects including websites, ads, and brochures
Writing for Design Professionals : A Guide to Writing Successful Proposals, Letters, Brochures, Portfolios, Reports, Presentations, and Job Applications for Architects, Engineers, and Interior Designers
by Stephen A. Kliment
Covers résumés, cover letters, portfolios, brochures, email, and more
Online
Create the Perfect Design Portfolio : 30 Pro Tips | CB : Creative Bloq
Includes tips for both physical and online portfolios
HOW
Covers layout, logos, fonts, colors, and more, and highlights excellent graphic design projects including websites, ads, and brochures
Portfolios | DISD Library on Pinterest
Brings together portfolio examples and advice from some of the best online sources
Covers layout, logos, fonts, colors, and more, and highlights excellent graphic design projects including websites, ads, and brochures
Problems & Solutions | Portfolio Design Lecture and Workshop Series
Provides examples of introduction pages, process work, balanced layouts, interactive portfolios, and more
Thoughts on Design Portfolios | AC4D : Austin Center for Design
Includes tips for making your portfolio the best possible representation of you as a job applicant
In the Library
The Art of Looking Sideways
by Alan Fletcher
An impressively wide-ranging collection of the unexpected
Building Stories
by Chris Ware
The story of a woman and the building she lives in told through 14 separate books, booklets, magazines, newspapers, and pamphlets
Communication Arts Magazine
Highlights outstanding examples of design for websites, ads, posters, logos, and more, and the magazine itself exemplifies excellent graphic design
Fairie-ality : The Fashion Collection From the House of Ellwand
by David Ellwand
Haute couture for fairies, with an amazing array of page layouts and types of paper (yup, fairiers!)
The Genius of Design
by Penny Sparke
A journey through 20th-century design. This is not your grandmother’s design textbook
The Map as Art : Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography
by Katharine Harmon
Maps - useful and whimsical - of places real and imagined
Selvedge Magazine
Uniquely beautiful applications and displays of textiles, in a magazine that exemplifies excellent graphic design
Sketchbook : Conceptual Drawings From the World’s Most Influential Designers
by Timothy O’Donnell
Peek into the personal sketchbooks of professional designers
Online
30 More Portfolio Sites for Your Design Inspiration
Highlights excellent online portfolios
50 Stunning Design Portfolios You MUST See Before (Re)Designing Yours | GDB : Graphic Design Blender
Features stellar design portfolios, organized by themes such as “great use of color,” “sweet, sweet minimalism,” and “grid-tastic”
Abduzeedo Design Inspiration & Tutorials
Features “daily inspiration” images, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials, and outstanding examples graphic design, illustration, logos, fonts, and more
Cabinet Magazine
Offers a wide variety of images and articles about culture, the world, art, and almost anything else
Creative Hotlist
Allows design professionals to upload their portfolios and browse the portfolios of other creative professionals
Design Seeds
Provides color palettes pulled from beautiful images of nature, architecture and beautiful objects
Folio Focus : Portfolio Design Inspiration
Highlights excellent online portfolios from web and graphic designers, photographers, and other creative professionals
In the Library
Design Elements : A Graphic Style Manual : Understanding the Rules and Knowing When to Break Them
by Timothy Samara
Explains layout, composition, color, type and images
Graphic Design : The New Basics
by Ellen Lupton and Jennifer C. Phillips
Explains layout, composition, color, type, layers, grids, texture, pattern, and more, with a wide variety of examples
Grid Systems : Principles of Organizing Type
by Kimberly Elam
Examines the use of grid systems for graphic layout, showing examples with grid overlays
Interior Design Visual Presentation : A Guide to Graphics, Models, and Presentation Techniques
by Maureen Mitton
Covers drawings, sketches, renderings, models, presentation boards, portfolios, and résumés, with examples of each
Layout Essentials : 100 Design Principles for Using Grids
by Beth Tondreau
Examines the use of grid systems for graphic layout, with a wide variety of examples
Online
40 Creative Design Layouts : Getting Out of the Box | Smashing Magazine
Features layouts that are unusual in some way
Five simple steps to designing grid systems | The Personal Disquiet of Mark Boulton
Covers basic and complex grid-based layouts
Graphic Design | DISD Library on Pinterest
Brings together graphic design resources and examples from some of the best online sources
Inspire Magazine | Adobe
Includes articles on layout and design for online and print projects
Whitespace | A List Apart
Explains how to effectively use whitespace in layout and design
In the Library
Color Design Workbook : A Real-World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design
by Terry Lee Stone, Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka
Covers the history, theory, meanings and use of color, with case studies of brands, examining logos, ads, signs, maps, websites, and more
Color Index : Over 1,000 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
by Jim Krause
Covers a wide range of color combinations, including light and dark, pale and bring, and contemporary and classic, and includes CMYK, RGB and hex values for each color
Letterhead & Logo Design 10
by Sussner Design Company
Features outstanding logos from around the world and their use in letterheads, business cards, and other media
Logo Design Workbook : A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos
by Sean Adams, Noreen Morioka and Terry Lee Stone
Explains the process of designing a logo, with a wide variety of examples from around the world
Pantone Guide to Communicating With Color
by Leatrice Eiseman
Details the feelings associated with different colors, how to select colors, and creating color combinations, and provides a wide variety of sample color schemes
Typography Essentials : 100 Design Principles for Working With Type
by Ina Saltz
Highlights different ways of incorporating letters, words and text into graphic design, with a wide variety of examples
Typography Workbook : A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design
by Timothy Samara
Covers color in typography, integrating words and images, transforming type into images, and ways of using type in books, websites, logos, and more
Online
Color for Dummies
This presentation highlights the most important concepts for using color
Colour Lovers
Features colors, color palettes and patterns contributed by over 2 million users, and also includes articles about color trends
Typography | Print Magazine
Examines different fonts, trends in typography, and the innovative use of type
LogoLounge
Features over 170,000 logos for inspiration
In the Library
Photographing Buildings Inside and Out
by Norman McGrath
Provides tips and techniques for photographing interiors and exteriors
The Photography of Architecture and Design : Photographing Buildings, Interiors, and the Visual Arts
by Julius Shulman
Provides tips and techniques for photographing interiors, exteriors, and 2D and 3D artworks
Online
The Design Doctor: How to Get the Perfect Picture | Design Trust
Offers guidelines for photographing your work
Digitally Photographing Your Own Two-Dimensional Art (video) | Otis College
This YouTube tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for successfully photographing 2D work
Digitally Photographing Your Own Three-Dimensional Art (video) | Otis College
This YouTube tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for successfully photographing 3D work such as architectural models
Photographing Your Work: A Tutorial for Graphic Designers | Issuu
Provides step-by-step instructions for taking the best possible pictures of your work
Photography for Your Design Portfolio : 29 Crucial Tips for Designers | Shooting Design
Includes advice on backgrounds, vertical vs. horizontal, shadows, focus, zoom level, and much more
In the Library
Beautiful Evidence
by Edward R. Tufte
Covers different ways of presenting information with graphics and explains why well-designed graphics are effective
Problem Solved : How to Recognize the Nineteen Recurring Problems Faced in Design, Branding and Communication and How to Solve Them
by Michael Johnson
Examines how to create a cohesive and compelling brand, with examples and case studies
Resonate : Present Visual Stories That Transform Audiences
by Nancy Duarte
Explains how to craft a compelling story that will engage your audience, with examples ranging from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Steve Jobs
The Visual Miscellaneum : A Colorful Guide to the World’s Most Consequential Trivia
by David McCandless
Presents information - ranging from the amount of caffeine in different drinks to the world economy - in a wide range of graphical formats, providing excellent inspiration for presenting information in a way that audiences can grasp immediately
Writing for Visual Thinkers : A Guide for Artists and Designers
by Andrea S. Marks
Covers the whole writing process, from brainstorming to final polishing, with tips and tricks for coming up with ideas, words, phrases and stories to engage your audience
Online
Beyond Bullet Points : Telling a Story With Your Presentation
Includes a story template for PowerPoint and an article explaining how to use it
Duarte Blog
Provides tips and tricks for designing and delivering presentations, along with examples of great presentations and analysis of what makes them great
Information Is Beautiful
Presents information - ranging from the amount of caffeine in different drinks to the world economy - in a wide range of graphical formats, providing excellent inspiration for presenting information in a way that audiences can grasp immediately
Storytelling with Data
Covers fonts, colors, and text design as well as charts, graphs and diagrams
In the Library
Adobe InDesign CS6 : Classroom in a Book
by John Cruise and Kelly Kordes Anton
Covers everything you need to learn to use InDesign with exercises and step-by-step instructions
Adobe Photoshop CS6 : Classroom in a Book
by Brie Gyncild
Covers everything you need to learn to use Photoshop with exercises and step-by-step instructions
Art & Design in Photoshop : How to Simulate Just About Anything From Great Works of Art to Urban Graffiti
by Steve Caplin
Explores the design process behind great book covers, posters, packaging, and more
Photoshop for Interior Designers : A Nonverbal Communication
by Suining Ding
Provides instructions and ideas for communicating design concepts; creating floor plans and perspectives; adding lighting and materials; preparing drawings, renderings and sketches; editing drawings created in other software applications; and using InDesign
Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS6 : The Essential Techniques for Imaging Professionals
by Richard Harrington
Covers everything you need to learn to use Photoshop with exercises, step-by-step instructions and video tutorials
Online
CreativePro.com
Information, education, inspiration, and networking for designers, photographers, illustrators, and other creative professionals
InDesignSecrets
Includes tips, tricks, tutorials, and other resources for InDesign
Inspire Magazine | Adobe
Includes tips, tricks, tutorials, and other resources for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, and the rest of the Creative Suite
Layers : The How-to Magazine for Everything Adobe
Includes tips, tricks, tutorials, and other resources for Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash, and the rest of the Creative Suite
Photoshop.com : Photo Editing, Photo Sharing
Includes articles, tutorials, tips & tricks, examples of stellar work, and more
Photoshop Help | Adobe
Provides troubleshooting advice and community forums for user questions
Planet Photoshop
Includes tips, tricks, tutorials, and more
Portfolio Publishing Options | DISD Library on Pinterest
A collection of publishing options for print and online portfolios
Website Design | DISD Library on Pinterest
A collection of information and inspiration for online portfolios and other websites
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