Choose projects that show your judgement
A portfolio is an argument about what you can do. Select evidence that helps a reader see your design decisions, rather than filling pages with everything you have produced.
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Make your work easier to understand.
Five practical notes on selecting, sequencing and explaining your architectural thinking.
Make the first few pages count
A reader should be able to understand the brief, your role and the main design idea without reconstructing the story from disconnected images.
Read article ↗Test your portfolio with someone unfamiliar
The most useful check may come from a reader who does not already know the project. Their questions reveal what your pages assume rather than explain.
Read article ↗Write captions that explain your decisions
Use captions to give a reader the context needed to understand the drawing, your role and the design decision it records.
Read article ↗Make strong work easier to assess
Check for unclear authorship, missing context, crowded pages and images that do not help explain the work.
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