Week 8, almost there

Building Design Portfolios, up to p. 94
This section was particularly pleasing in that it seems to have brought me some good news. Since websites are not the most efficient way for all types of designers to get their work out, Eisenman weighs out the various pros and cons of a web portfolio in relation to different design disciplines. It looks like my current design aspirations check out, so my web development will pay off. It was also nice to see that music was addressed in that section, being that I find auto-playing music to be very annoying. The section on motion graphics presented an interesting idea; animating still photos! Why didn’t I think of this before? Actually I have, and have done so as well. As always, great art in this chapter, particularly at the bottom of page 84.




Designing a Digital Portfolio Ch. 8
The idea of repurposing is new to me, but I suppose that may be because I am relatively new to design. Since I don’t yet have a large collection of designs, I tend not to deal with many different versions of the same files like other more experienced designers might do. Nevertheless, I would like to start taking my old Photoshop work (don’t worry, it’s quite nice) and being implementing it into Flash animations. Once again, I see another sign that PDF development is calling me, and I suppose its time that I mature and stop avoiding it. Furthermore, with all this recent talk about compression and file sizes, it seems that these issues may disappear with technological advances occurring at an accelerated rate. It would be interesting to watch the design flow change based on that phenomenon.