Your Questions, Answered: Our guide on how to prepare your portfolio so it's interview & submission ready.
Include a title page with your name and specialism.
If you are going to companies direct, include contact details on each page, but if you are going through an agency, please take these off.
Each body of work should start with Mood Boards, followed by Colour Boards/Fabrics and Print Direction if applicable.
More commercial work will include Trend Packs for the season, with reference points for:
Put together a trend pack for the most recent season, with some design development on 5 key shapes or prints.
This is one of the most important aspects to include, and what employers are looking for.
How do you sketch and translate a brief?
Yes, as this illustrates how well you communicate technically.
When you start out in Design, you will mainly be doing CADs, so make sure you are hot on them.
There's no single formula for the perfect portfolio — but showing your research, your thinking and your process will always say more than a polished final image alone.
Show the work behind the work.
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