Overview
GOAL:
The goal of this project is to find examples of interior design students’ portfolios and evaluate their effectiveness at communicating the skillset shown in their projects. You must select students’ portfolio examples, not professional designers’ portfolios or websites.
REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS:
Things to consider include:
1. Is there an obvious concept or overall theme that helps the portfolio to appear cohesive?
2. How many projects are included?
3. How extensive are the projects? Are they small or large in scope?
4. Is there a variety of styles and types of work present?
5. Are several skills represented? What are these?
6. Does the designer show the conceptual process?
7. How is the portfolio organized?
8. How are individual pages formatted?
9. What components/elements are included on a typical page?
10. How are graphic elements used?
11. Is there an appropriate amount of description or identifying text for projects or images?
12. Are there spelling errors?
13. What is the most impressive project or skill?
14. What is the least impressive project or skill?
15. Is the overall impression positive or negative? Summarize or make a conclusion.
16. Oral Presentation – clean and legible slide, eye contact, etc.
Include any other questions or ideas you may have about the portfolio you reviewed.
DELIVERABLES
1. Create PowerPoint, Prezi or Keynote for your oral and visual presentation
Choose TWO student portfolio examples; analyze and evaluate them according to the above considerations
The analysis can be written in narrative or bullet-point format with images of portfolios