Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgements
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Chapter One:Â The Purposes of Design Portfolios
                Graphic Design Portfolio
                Advertising Portfolio
                Illustration Portfolio
                Interactive Media Portfolio
                Graduate School Applications
                Grants, Scholarships, and Competitions
                Portfolios Through the Eyes of Professionals
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Chapter Two: Portfolio Preparation
                Conducting a Portfolio Audit
                Organizing Your Files
                Making Digital Images of Your Work
               Making and Using a Digital Slide Presentation
                Selecting and Editing
                Quantity
                Quality
                Variety
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Chapter Three: Developing a Cohesive Concept
                Branding and Identity
                Distinguishing Your Work
                Can You Tell a Story?
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Chapter Four: Process and Collaboration
                Why Show Process in Your Portfolio?
                The Design Process Book
               Using Sketches to Show Concept
                Showing Process Online: Website and Blogs
                Presenting Follow-up
                Collaborative Projects
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Chapter Five: Developing the Layout and Sequence
                Looking Ahead
                Overall Sequence of Projects
                Planning the Layout
                Developing a Grid
                Dealing with the Oversized Piece of Work
                Continuity in the Plate Portfolio
                The Grid in Web Design
                Rehearsal Portfolio and Testing Ideas
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Chapter Six: Form of the Book
                The Outside Case
                Plate Portfolios
               Binders and Binding Methods
                Printing
                Print in a Web World
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Chapter Seven: The Interactive Environment
                Everyone Needs a Website
                Interactive Designer/Developer Portfolios
                The Branded Website
                Designing Your Website
                Site Structure
                Differences Between Print and Web
                Usability and Web Standards
                A Higher Level of Hierarchy
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Chapter Eight: The Resume Package and Presentation
                The Resume Package
                The Cover Letter
                The Resume
                The Teaser or Leave-behind
                And So Your Adventure Begins
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Appendix: Design Office Survey
Participating Institutions
Bibliography