Budi is a designer I’ve admired for a few years now. His advice for building an effective product design portfolio is something I have also told many young designers. A poor portfolio for product designers is when it only shows the artifacts (e.g. the screen). I’d consider it as a weak portfolio. Because it doesn’t help me to know whether a designer can make a good decision or at least have a good line of thinking. I don’t even know if the outcome help the team achieve the goal or learn something.
One thing most portfolio advice pieces like Budi Tanrim's miss is 'how much'. Some people don't share enough context, whereas others share far too much. Too much for someone to easily review without just sticking it in the 'nope' pile. When a job is highly sought after, it's really easy to end up in that no pile.
One thing most portfolio advice pieces like Budi Tanrim's miss is 'how much'. Some people don't share enough context, whereas others share far too much. Too much for someone to easily review without just sticking it in the 'nope' pile. When a job is highly sought after, it's really easy to end up in that no pile.