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New and Updated Portfolio

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Portfolio

I have recently just purchased a lovely red Portfolio off of Portfolio plus. I have chosen to go for a Matt Prat Pampa Display Book which contains 20 sleeves. I am so pleased with it, and have re designed and updated my portfolio.

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So I've had a little think and a chat with John about how I could effectively get my portfolio seen when sending it to design agencies, because my portfolio is digital based I thought about packaging it in a clear wallet including portfolio cards and sealing it with a sticker showing my logo. But to make this stand out I have been looking at bright metallic jiffy bags so when its posted through the door fingers crossed they go to the brightest item like a magpie!



When I was looking around for business card research for my Nero brief I came across a really good website called Business Cards Observer not only does it show business card designs but takes you to websites of different printers and what they offer.

I came across the website Moo where you can create mini cards you can use these for calling cards, business cards, or even to create a pocket portfolio they even come in a small box. I thought this would be a good idea to use the mini cards so I can slot them inside the CD case, what I am going to do is crop the images so you only see part of the image to make it more intriguing.

It is also very easy to do you can create it all online crop them etc lay them out and there not very expensive either.

Sending my Portfolio to Elmwood

As requested by Elmwood I sent a PDF of work my best pieces of work that show me as a designer here is what I sent....

Portfolio Packaging and CD design including my buisness card

This is the front and back of my buisness card using my logo on the front white spotgloss on black matt card. To create my logo I used the typeface Century, using two L's one being upside down and the other normal creating the shape shown below. I have used the same font Century throughout my work such as my Portfolio.

This is the first intial idea of the packaging idea that I had to send out to design agencies and companies showing a CD of my portfolio, including a business card. The front cover shows small snippets of my work to not reveal the whole piece of work until the CD is put into the computer to reveal my Portfolio.

I dont think this is a strong enough idea and doesnt work as a promotion package as it doesnt sell me personally. I need to rework this and think of something that sells me in a more personal way.




Above is the design of my logo that would be printed on the CD.