[IxDA Discuss] Excellent Portfolios for IxDs

[Noor Ali-Hasan]

I'm a bit late to this thread but when I was going through grad school and working on my own portfolio, I kept a list of portfolios that I liked on del.icio.us:

http://del.icio.us/dorkyspice/portfolios

My list is all over the board - some are more suited for visual designers, while others are more focused on UX.  In quickly glancing through the list again, there are very few that describe/illustrate their process and project outcomes.

When I was applying for full time jobs last spring (and internships the spring before that), most employers looked at my portfolio and brought it up during the interview.  When I interviewed for my current job, I was even asked to give an hour-long portfolio presentation.

Having sat through several portfolio presentations myself in the past year, I'm amazed by the number of portfolios and presentations that don't actually follow the basic principles of user experience.  It's also easy to show a few screenshots/wireframes/storyboards but actually describing the design process, justifications for design, and project outcomes is a much much harder skill (IMHO).


Noor Ali-Hasan | User Experience Researcher | Microsoft TV
noor.ali-hasan at microsoft.com | 650.693.1925

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From: discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Jared M. Spool
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 1:13 PM
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Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Excellent Portfolios for IxDs

Hello everyone,

I'm interested in some examples of excellent online portfolios for
interaction designers.

What's the best way to represent one's work to potential employers?

Anyone have some rockin' examples they want to share with the group?

Jared

Jared M. Spool
User Interface Engineering
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