Portfolio Design, Second Edition [Hardcover]

Harold Linton (Author), Cesar Pelli (Foreword)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 039373059X | ISBN-13: 978-0393730593 | Publication Date: September 2000 | Edition: 2nd

This new, updated edition of a bestseller shows you how to assemble the portfolio that will display your talents and qualifications to the best advantage, whether you work in architecture, urban planning, landscape design or interior design.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Those who don't have college tutors to help them prepare or update their traditional portfolio should look at Portfolio Design...” (idFX Magazine ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Harold Linton chairs the art department at Bradley University and lives in Peoria, Illinois.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 2nd edition (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039373059X
• ISBN-13: 978-0393730593
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you're an architecture student you have to buy this!!, March 9, 2005

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Firas Hnoosh (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Portfolio Design, Third Edition (Hardcover)

This book will get you accepted in the best schools!!
I have read more than one book on portfolio design for architects, listened to many words of advice on the subject but Howard Linton's book was really the best resource I've ever had.
Other books are just vague and annoyingly general, they don't tell you how to organize yourself and your work and they don't discuss the many details you have to bear in mind and go through, or worse still have no lists of the dos and don'ts! On the other hand, Portfolio design by Mr. Linton does all that and much more.
I recommend it to all architecture students and professionals.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PORTFOLIO DESIGN -indeed, September 20, 2006

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Nathan Caffee (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portfolio Design, Third Edition (Hardcover)

Once again, I am writing a review for this book and specifically the third edition. I have noticed that a few people seem to be confused about what this book provides, so I'll give you my take on the publication.

This book is about designing a professional portfolio to showcase your work. This is not a "How To" for Photoshop, InDesign or for ways to resize renderings, although I would like to think that you would be able to easily utilize the technology at an educational facility, if you indeed have access.(If you can use AutoCad you can figure out PS and if you can use PS surely you can accurately resize an image...right?) This book focuses on layout, spacing, planning sequences, visual weight and just about any other visual design element that one might embrace when producing a portfolio. The outcome of using this book as a resource ends in your portfolio being stylized in a personal yet extremely effective design. The most beneficial aspect of this book is learning how to compose the whole thing as a piece of literature. Your portfolio should tell a story. A story with an introduction, an exposition, plot, peaks, plateaus and an appropriate finish. THIS IS ABOUT PLANNING, CHOOSING CONTENT AND DESIGNING A FINISHED PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN HAND TO PROSPECT AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CAPTURED THEIR ATTENTION. Of course, this book will not make poor work/pieces look fabulous. Sorry, no magic tricks are included.

Also note information on digital portfolios.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The workshop/book are great - can't wait for next edition!, April 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Portfolio Design (Hardcover)

I am a junior in architecture (IIT) and took the portfolio workshop earlier this year at Illinois Institute of Technology with visiting Professor Linton. I wanted to tell readers that this book and the workshop are exactly what i needed just to get going. Before the workshop, I was really affraid of what to do. I had 'no idea' of how to do my portfolio. Too many ideas maybe. We were pushed to design ten pages in 6 hrs at the workshop. Now I am looking forward to the second edition because I have much more understanding. Professor Linton said he will also add more ideas about computer portfolios to the next edition which will help alot with all my CAD and growing digital experience. This is a good book and a great workshop.