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Burning Question: What are some needed components to create a good portfolio? Today with so much new technology, more digital portfolios are being created and used. Portfolios help show the education, skill and knowledge a person may have in a certain area. Digital portfolios should be easily accessible, organized, and most important show your best work. Remember you are trying to impress, and show you master certain techniques and skills. A good thing about digital portfolios is that their easier to update and you can take or send them about anywhere. According the the attached article while in the process of creating a portfolio, one should consider our goals, objective, of whom we are trying to impress and what we are trying to obtain and tell our observers. Overall students should present their best, by presenting all there knowledge in the best way that they can.

Burning Question: What are some needed components to create a good portfolio? Today with so much new technology, more digital portfolios are being created and used. Portfolios help show the education, skill and knowledge a person may have in a certain area. Digital portfolios should be easily accessible, organized, and most important show your best work. Remember you are trying to impress, and show you master certain techniques and skills. A good thing about digital portfolios is that their easier to update and you can take or send them about anywhere. According the the attached article while in the process of creating a portfolio, one should consider our goals, objective, of whom we are trying to impress and what we are trying to obtain and tell our observers. Overall students should present their best, by presenting all there knowledge in the best way that they can

My burning question is how do I make my online architectural portfolio stand out from other portfolios? I found a blog at www.thinkvitamin.com by author Mike Kus that had some great ideas. One of his ideas was to keep it simple and not be afraid of having blank space. I think this is really good input because having a clean and unfettered layout is attractive to potential employers. How the items are arranged on the site and where the blank areas are can also showcase design layout skills. Another one of his ideas is to have a good set palette of colors. Having a specific palette that is consistent throughout the portfolio helps to give the site a coherent sense of identity and character. Also, the color palettes in the example portfolios he gives compliment and contrast with each other very effectively. I plan on doing further research on effective and attention grabbing color combinations as this seems important. Other important aspects that he can make a portfolio stand out if done effectively are imagery and typography, bucking current web trends, and attention to detail. His examples of portfolios are not all architectural but their merits are definitely applicable and are worth taking a look at.