Specifically, the graphic designer's portfolio case for interviewing purposes.
How important is it for it to be a fancy, leather/metal/delux, $200 case or book?
Is the trend for spending a great deal on a fancy portfolio book due to the demands of our industry, or is it just our own preference--the same way we want a shiny car or a flat screen tv?
I am updating my portfolio book for the first time in 3 years and I'm finding that the pricey metal box that my over-eager newly graduated self indulged in years ago is now...well...disenchanting. Not only is the size dumb (11 x 14--not good for displaying magazine layouts and full size brochures) but the book itself seems gaudy and silly. Like I'm trying to make up for something. In addition, because of it's hardness and weight, it winds up being slightly awkward in the actual presentation process.
There is a part of me that, right now, wants to say screw it, go buy a cheap black 11 x 17 binder from Sam Flax, and put my work in there. As if to say look, my work is good, I don't need to gild it or wrap it in leather to blow you away. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I was interviewing for a junior I didn't care what their case looked like. As long as they brought one and it didn't detract from the work.
Any thoughts?
And for clarity, this is similar to what I have:
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This is the direction I'm thinking of going in:
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Monet,
There is a variety of opinion as to how to present a portfolio. A suggested resource is a book called "Building Design Portfolios" (www.amazon.com/Building-D...1592532233) that gives the opinions of various professionals as to what they prefer as to a candidates portfolio. It also provides practical advise as to choosing an appropriate container for your portfolio, from building your own, to the various manufactured options.
That being said, many people I know no longer have anything other than an online portfolio. Many potential employers even require this.
What you eventually decide to do will be determined by your career goals, the industry you are marketing yourself towards, and the current employment atmosphere where you are or where you would like to work.
then there's the old business adage that the value a firm provides is inversely proportional to the opulence of their front door. sure, they might do great work, but you're going to pay through the nose for it and there might be another firm, in the industrial section of town that will do equally great work for a quarter the price.
For me the same rule might apply to a portfolio
