Inside the Grid, Beyond the Boundaries

A portfolio is a vital piece of work for every design student or anyone in the design business. A portfolio can be both a key to your dream job and the only thing that can end your career before it even starts.

 A portfolio should be a brief preview of your work. It should not be overwhelming, nor too simple and comprehensive… We can think of it as a kind of personal advertisement. The important thing when preparing a portfolio is that it should be understandable and represent your work correctly. Just like a blog post: You should only include your own work and explain it correctly… Or maybe they should explain themselves, who knows.

 At the end of the long research I did for my portfolio, a certain design began to take shape in my mind and I created a grid system for myself. Since my professors particularly emphasized this grid system, I think that it is important for everything to be in a certain order and within similar boundaries; but sometimes it can be useful to go beyond these boundaries.

With this approach, I tried to create a simple but single-colored portfolio with highlights. I aimed to keep the text as short as possible and let my projects speak for themselves.