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Ideas, process
and everything between.

Professional notes on design, technology and creative practice.

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A detailed private CV is simplified into a public career summary.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Preparing a public version of a CV

A CV shared for an application may contain details that do not belong in a public download.

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A professional summary connects current experience with selected project examples.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Keeping a career summary current

A career summary needs occasional review even when its layout stays the same.

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A portfolio project card links to its corresponding full design presentation.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Linking to the relevant project presentation

An external project link is most useful when it opens the work the visitor was just reading about.

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Image candidates are compared with a cover that represents the actual project.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Choosing a cover that represents the project

A project cover creates an expectation about what follows.

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A crowded project archive becomes a small portfolio with stronger case-study context.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Showing fewer projects with better context

A portfolio does not need to contain everything I have made.

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Separate folders distinguish student exercises from professional identity work.

Portfolio / 2026-10-17

Separating student work and professional work

A portfolio can include both educational and professional projects when the context is clear.

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A design journal collects sketches, feedback and revised visual studies.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Keeping a useful design journal

A working journal can record decisions that would otherwise disappear between versions.

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Client conversation bubbles become a structured brief and design wireframes.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Turning a client conversation into design input

A conversation can contain useful information in the form of examples, frustrations and repeated questions.

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A case study connects questions, design decisions and a finished interface.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Writing about outcomes without exaggeration

A portfolio can explain useful design work without attaching an unsupported result to it.

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A handover folder and checklist distinguish delivered assets from excluded work.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Defining the handover scope

A project handover should make clear which files and formats are included.

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Four website versions are compared alongside dated revision notes.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Keeping versions easy to compare

Comparing design versions is difficult when their names and presentation formats keep changing.

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Feedback notes are translated into structured design revisions.

Working practice / 2026-10-17

Turning revisions into decisions

A revision list becomes easier to use when each comment explains a problem or an intended change.

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