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πA small request: If this email landed in your "Promotions" tab, please take a moment to drag it to the "Primary" tab. This will ensure that it reaches you on time and doesn't disappear into the abyss of emails. β β For example, when I hire someone, I don't just look at the technical skills shown in a portfolio. What I really value in a designer is straightforwardness and self-motivation. These qualities are very important to me. That's why I'm interested in portfolios that not only show impressive work, but also effectively convey these personal qualities. π€ β β Google drive links with a gazillion pdf files or a dropbox with unorganized folders create a sense of overwhelm for a person going through multiple applications or portfolios. π β β π A great book for layout inspiration: I got this one in 2013. It was my first book ever! It is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotes, images, curious facts, useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes, and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual and the limitless resources of the human mind. π» π¬ A quote and a question:βHuman behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.β ββ Plato β Over to you now β¨ This is why, this January, I am launching 1:1 Portfolio review sessions where you and I will work together to build a portfolio that goes beyond work showcase.
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#46 I was so close to art, yet so far! SEPTEMBER 22 | Read the full archive of past editions here A small request: If this email landed in your "Promotions" tab, please take a moment to drag it to the "Primary" tab. This will ensure that it reaches you on time and doesn't disappear into the abyss of emails. Happy Sunday π and welcome to another week of Being Right Brained β Inspiration and ideas for designers and creative folks to work, think, and feel better. Itβs been a while since my last...