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1st Year Grad Student Portfolio Question

Farbs

Hello!

I just finished my first semester of graduate school at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

I was very satisfied with the portfolio I designed in order to apply to Graduate School.

I have a bunch of work from this semester that I would like to put into my portfolio including my design studio project as well as HABs drawings that are being submitted for a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Kankakee, IL.

My main question is should I start completely new? Keep my undergraduate work separate from my graduate work? I believe this is the route I eventually want to take, but as of right now, I do not have enough material to make a graduate portfolio on its own.

That being said. For the time being, should I replace my weakest project from undergrad with my latest project from graduate school (one of my best projects yet)? This way I dont have to design a completely new portfolio just yet, and can use the concept for my undergrad and just insert my latest project.

The main reason why I am looking to update now is because I want to have an updated portfolio for an upcoming Career Expo at our school as well as having it available to send out to Firms I am interested in applying to for internships.

Any feedback is welcome!

Thanks,

Scott

 
Dec 22, 09 3:05 pm
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i would keep it separate and possibly make it a 'different' style than the undergrad...

i'm also deciding if i want to do a 1st year and a 2nd year grad portfolio or just wait till the end and make it a solid 2 year grad-olio

Dec 22, 09 5:47 pm  · 
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Milwaukee08

I would think it would be ok to mix grad/undergrad projects in a portfolio, at least until you feel you have enough quality grad projects to replace all your undergrad ones.

I'm currently going through and starting a new undergrad portfolio to apply to grad schools, I'm probably going to put in my HABS drawing of Taliesin, but its only one drawing, so its only going to get one page, probably opposite of my table of contents.

But by all means, if you feel that the graphic layout needs some updating, go for it, or you can just leave the layout the same and focus on updating your projects, depending on how much time you have. But do you really want to redesign your entire portfolio after every semester?

Anyways, I thought portfolios for academia and the profession were supposed to show off different skills anyway...one being more cool renderings and process drawings, the other being more technical...

Dec 22, 09 6:04 pm  · 
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Farbs

Zug:

I do want to keep it separate, but as of right now I don't think I have enough material for a whole new portfolio. I have my 1st semester studio project, HABs drawings for FLW's Bradely House, and some CDs from my internship.

I am trying to put something together to apply for internships.

Milwaukee:

I think for now, adding some of my new material to the undergrad portfolio is the best option. I went to a Gensler Portfolio Workshop and got some advice to make my portfolio better. I think I will update the graphic layout (to their recommendations) and slap in the new material from my 1st semester grad school

I dont want to redesign my portfolio every semester. It sucks right now because I'm sort of in an in between position

That is what I have been taught. To show a range of your skills from technical drawings to bad ass renderings.

Dec 22, 09 8:29 pm  · 
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