Portfolio Design

by Harold Linton, Steven Rost (Photographer)

The design student's primary resource for preparing a professional-quality portfolio. The design portfolio is the essential ingredient of a job search, application for graduate school or a grant, or competition in architecture, landscape architecture, or interior design. This new edition of a bestseller that covers every aspect of portfolio planning and production includes recent innovative portfolios and expanded coverage of digital portfolios. 23 color, 225 black-and-white illustrations.

Genres: Design, Architecture

Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a book you'll read from cover to cover. If you've already put considerable time and creativity into your current portfolio this will likely be only moderately useful. It is primarily focused on portfolio design for recent graduates and doesn't address the concerns of most continuing professionals. It also has the problem of needing to be updated every few years so, we are over due for a new model. It is good in that it offers a large assortment of black and white images illustrating different portfolio styles, both in terms of binding, layout, and content. It was useful for me in that it helped me to get out of a creative block. It was motivating to peruse the variety and have some sort of reference other than solely my own imagination and the limited number of professional portfolios I’ve seen in my career.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

So far as I'm aware, this is still the main book geared towards assembling an architectural portfolio for employment or graduate school. I have to assume there are better versions out there, but as it stands, the book proved helpful for adopting many general guidelines and some specific recommendations during my grad school submittal process. It felt a bit dated or perhaps cautious in approach (due to the immediately post-dot com era in which I read this, the examples seemed a bit "early 90s" I suppose. Maybe it's been updated since?). Look around before committing to this one.

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considered the definitive guide to portfolio design. I found it an invaluable tool when compiling my own university applications. This book offers detailed explanations and examples of diverse portfolios.

[GinaAlex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read for anyone in architecture school, or thinking abut the first big job portfolio. Sure, you can find flashier, raunchier texts, but Linton's book is the foundation every solid portfolio should be built on. Even better if you can attend one of his workshops!

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I used this while putting together my two portfolios for undergrad/grad school. It came recommended to me by another older architect...but I really didn't find it to be that helpful/applicable.

[Clairevu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book!