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Portfolio Design for Interiors teaches the aspiring interior designer how to create a professional quality portfolio. Using real examples of outstanding student portfolios, authors Harold Linton and William Engel demonstrate how to analyze, organize, problem-solve and convey diverse types of visual and text information in various forms of historic, contemporary and innovative styles. The text features a robust art program and examples of various presentation applications, including graduate study, employment, scholarships, grants, competitions and fellowships. This is an accessible and comprehensive resource for students learning professional portfolio design.
Objects & objectives : Prologue ; Portfolios are living documents! ; Objects and opening ; Books, boxes, and hybrids ; Leave behinds and teasers ; Storyboarding ; Going full size ; Living sequences ; Continuity ; Hidden factors ; Patterns of success ; Envisions vs. revision: a golden opportunity for a fresh approach! ; Read between the lines -- The spirit of conception & creative process : Stepping back before stepping in ; Collecting images for a form board ; Reading your form board ; Inspiration ; The big idea ... concept ; Titles and problem statements ; Engage ; Robust research ; Thinking out loud ; Preliminary budget: testing materials and ideas -- Organizing portfolio materials: what to include : Wish to see ; Computer inventory ; Desktop organization ; Fixing older projects ; Concept sketches ; Comprehensive design projects ; The industries ; Materiality ; Supplemental categories ; Focused skills ; Green design ; 3D interior space ; Allied interests -- From concept to process to layout design : An inspired layout design ; What do we mean by design? ; Origins of concepts ; Organization ; Designing with typography ; The role of design process ; Visualizing the words ; The umbrella concept ; A road map: typical conceptual process for the layout design of a portfolio ; Layout and visualization ; Checkers of chess ; Business perspective: sketching, storyboards, and layouts ; Concepts lead ; Juggling -- Capturing expressive images : Sensing ; Expressing ; Capturing images with purpose ; Process: design thinking ; Lighting and color temperature ; Materials, media, and studio lighting ; Interior setup ; Models ; Lighting studio ; Scanning, photocopying ; and combining images ; Presentation strategies ; Control the image editing process ; Understanding your strengths ; Cultivating sensibilities: seeing and perceiving ; Human factors -- Digital presentations : Overview : Preparing physical work for digital media ; Creating digital images ; Editing digital images ; Raster images ; Vector images ; Designing the layout ; Exporting for publication ; A few final thoughts -- Critiques & conversations ; Overview ; Featured portfolios ; Beyond the portfolio -- Research & written communications : Summary of start-up interior design firms: what matters? ; Resume and cover letter ; The interview ; Advice on how to show a portfolio/project ; General advice ; Design statement ; Meeting with clients, design brief, and analysis ; Concept boards ; Transitions and evolving new documents ; The underlying human experiences -- Using your portfolio as a tool : Overview ; Research ; Initial discussions ; A new team ; Process presentation in your book ; Guiding the resume ; Interviewing (resume, portfolio, iPad, Laptop, and URL) ; Lead with confidence -- Portfolio of interior portfolios : Alexandra Seager: successful layout and graphic design ; Chad Zumbaugh: designing within limits ; Kirsten Stover Cessna: custom size books have personality ; Shizuka Nagaya: layout design reflects individuality ; Kalie Hendricks: organizing process and product ; Kelsie Lally: project briefs speak volumes about concept and ideation ; Conclusion.
Harold Linton, George Mason University, William Engel, New York School of Interior Design.
Includes bibliographical references and index.