2nd Edition
The Portfolio A Guide for Architects and Designers
1. Getting Started
1.1 What is a Portfolio
1.2 Portfolio Destinations
1.3 How To Get There
2. Design Cultures
2.1 Cultural Capital
2.2 Academic Markets
2.3 Professional Markets – How Do You Know This is the Place for You?
3. Academic Portfolio
3.1 The Portfolio in the Academy
3.2 The Academic Narrative
3.3 The Academic CV, References, and Statement of Intent
4. Professional Portfolio
4.1 The Portfolio in the Workplace
4.2 The Professional Narrative
4.3 The Professional Resume, References, and Cover Letter
4.4 Documenting Built Work
4.5 Construction Drawings
5. Preparing the Portfolio of Work
5.1 Selecting, Recording, and Storing your Work
5.2 Scanning, Reducing, and Reproducing your Work
6. The Portfolio in Print
6.1 Graphic Design
6.2 Printing and Publishing the Portfolio
7. The Digital Portfolio
7.1 Types of Digital Portfolios
7.2 Acrobat Reader and PDF Files
7.3 Web-based Portfolios
7.4 Digital Portfolio Best Practices
8. Afterwards
8.1 Ways of Sending your Work
Appendix: Fundamental Elements of Graphic Design
Image Credits
Index
Biography
Igor Marjanović is associate professor of architecture and chair of the undergraduate architecture program at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Katerina Rüedi Ray is a professor of architecture and the Director of the School of Art at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
Lesley Naa Norle Lokko is a writer in London, UK.
Elisa Kim is an adjunct professor of architecture at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA.
