I'm looking to pull together both an online and a hard copy portfolio. trouble is - not sure how to put together the hard copy. the last one i did was from college (eek!) which was ads, logos and identity packages printed out and pasted to solid black boards. Now i have tons of real stuff - mostly a lot of brochures and what not, so how best to package the hard copy pieces? is the case study approach good?

nimmy, you cheap slut. :P

I'm about to make a portfolio using Blurb

I'll probably make a few copies and one them behind after an interview

Case bound all the way dude... a buddy of mine just produced a book of photography (from his flickr group) says the quality is good.

One of the printers I use has just launched a looky-like service called Yophoto. I haven't seen a copy from them yet though

oh, i'm sure someone from here had a yophoto done recently(ish)... squapple?

LFM, I know Denver is a big place but you don't by any chance know Nic Tinworth do you?

chris said...it would be quite nice to make your own books and use some japanese binding stitch type of thing, but do it well...

That sounds lovely, particularly with the different patterns you can make on the edge.

nicko said...I'm about to make a portfolio using Blurb

I'll probably make a few copies and one them behind after an interview

I was thinking about this last night! I think it would a good way to develop a consistency and then be able to have some of the actual printed pieces on hand - I've used some techniques that really only show up well on the final printed piece - like laying down a metallic ink base and overprinting a B&W image on a cover.

I might use Photoworks - they have a nice black linen cover with a cut out window. (I used it for our parents' wedding albums)

but I like the 11x13" size that Blurb carries as well. I'll know better as I start designing it and seeing if I need the larger 11x13 size or if the 8.5x11 will be just right.

Wonder if I were to differentiate each project section by alternating the background color from white to black? - should help if i need to flip to a particular project w/o having to add tabs or postits (Project "D" is the 2nd black section) :P Plus this would mirror the style of my website - which is also black and white.

Suppose I could always have some of the smaller/mini ones printed up to use as a leave behind too.

nicko said...LFM, I know Denver is a big place but you don't by any chance know Nic Tinworth do you?

Nope - is he freelance or at a studio? AIGA or ADCD member? I volunteer with AIGA and manage to get around to a few adcd events each year so if he's ever at any of those, I might run into him. Denver is small for a big city, particularly the design community.

nimmot said...
i like the case study approach because it can detail your involvement in the projects. i can't tell you how many times i would see work from prospects that they had limited involvement on stuff they were showing. i like to be upfront and honest with everything i do and show. if i can't do something, i'll tell them i can't but am willing to learn (if i honestly am interested. if i'm not, i'll just say i'm familiar with it but it's not my strong suit).

i hope that helped you a little. btw...i'd love to see your stuff, so if you feel up to sharing, i'd love to see it. also, i'm sure you heard this a million x's but i'll show you mine if you show me yours...

Of course I'll show you mine! You FLs are my sounding board. I've got a pretty good idea of the projects I want to include, but I'll be posting pics or pdfs to get some feedback for sure.

You make a good point about detailing involvement - I wouldn't have ever thought about it because at my job, we pretty much function as independent art directors - we start a job from concept to completion; we do all the work on it, including production/pre-press, client/department relations and the press checks. I guess in a more traditional agency, you could be just a small part of very big campaign though. I don't think I'll make ALL of the projects case studies, but probably mix it up - some case study, some just more traditional portfolio examples.

I used portfolio box, inc., and I was impressed by the quality of their build. They sent me samples of the binding materials, book cloth, etc...

Very professional.