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"Great to Sharpen Portfolio, or create a Porfolio"

Written By: Lisa Burnam

This was a required book for a senior level course I took in college. However, with a job change 2 years out of school, I found myself very pleased to reference it again.

There are very good examples of good and bad portfolios, and tips on what employers are looking for.

I gleaned much inspiration from the layout reccomendations, and the graphic portions of the instruction.

All in all, I believe that this is a great tool for those creating a portfolio for graphic careers.

"It seems outdated."

Written By: Sakana

Make no mistake. This is one book written thoroughly about the process of making portfolio. I will give credit for that effort.
While some texts and advice are useful, however, there are a lot of written information that seems common sense e.g.) what is portfolio and why it is important.
In fact, it is ironic that I find this book itself poorly illustrated despite that it is about layout and organization. For example, insertions of images are not well coordinated with the locations of the texts. Quotes are randomly inserted. The images are 99% black and white.
Only comes useful is the analysis on the featured portfolios by students.
Here you can find some principles and reasons on why these examples are successful portfolio.

If you are totally unfamiliar with design and layout, get this book.
If you are already in design field, you may find this book not very special.

"Surprisingly Worthless"

Written By: S. Kumar

It's curious that this book is touted as "the bible of portfolio design." Although it passes as an intro, it's value drops off the face of the Earth afterwards.

What "Portfolio Design" is, is a reproduction of outdated portfolios and examples of templates you can find in any page making tool. It lacks any meaty, substantial analysis you'd expect to find in a "bible" of portfolio design:

-nothing on the theories behind print design.
-no explanation on the "whys" and "hows" of presenting your work.
-little analysis on proper organization of a portfolio.
-insufficient info on photography, cropping, margins, etc.

If you've never put a portfolio together, you might get some use out of it in the initial stages of your portfolio. Once you iterate to a certain level, however, "Portfolio Design" makes a better coaster than a guide. Advice: buy it used, if you buy it.

"MAGNIFICO Y EXCELENTE LIBRO"

Written By: core

lo recomiendo ...es el mejor libro de portfolios a la venta y esta muy bien dirigido al campo d ela arquitectura,,..sus fotos e ilustracion son magnificas..claras y explicitas...comprenlo....vale la pena increiblemente

"Great Starting Point for Gathering Ideas"

Written By: Z. A. Pennell

First off, this is a great reference for people/architecture students who are starting up or refining their portfolios. It is packed with some excellent, helpful written guidelines and decent imagery of a wide variety of portfolios. The professional commentary/critiques of the case-study portfolios are worth the price of the book alone. I received the 2nd edition of the book 5 years ago as a gift as I was applying to architecture school (after I'd submitted my portfolio however!) and, after leafing through the book in detail at Borders, I picked up this 3rd edition today as I am preparing to graduate and enter the work force.

Now, with that out of the way...

Several of the negative complaints I've read on here have focused on the "poor presentation" of the portfolios and the quality of the images of them, etc. While those comments are not without merit or completely off-base, they are in fact quite silly with regard to the subject matter of this book. Linton is providing samples of portfolios that were created by various students who volunteered to have their work featured and the fact is that many of the portfolios are quite elaborate fold-outs, spiral bound books, or printed plates...there is really no way for the author to present the images of the portfolios themselves (not their content!) other than photographing them.

You can easily understand the IDEAS that are on display and how they are being graphically represented. That is the essence of what you need for composing your OWN portfolio featuring your OWN work. If you're looking for step-by-step instructions on how to create a slick portfolio, look elsewhere. I will say that the book would strongly benefit from more color imagery, but as for the reviewer who said they simply gave the book away because it was so disappointing and worthless, well, we don't see eye-to-eye on this one.