How an interaction designer should design a portfolio

The portfolio is the most intuitive and persuasive material to reflect the designer's level of design, and as an interactive designer, how should you design your own portfolio to prove your professional standards? Know, Quora, Ux.stackexchange.com and other forums have related discussions, this article summed up these views and for their own job search experience, explore how to design the work of interactive designers, in order to engage in interactive design work to provide help to colleagues.

Since it's a work of interactive design, is different from GUI or graphic design, and is not a user study of the conclusion of the presentation, but should be to face the problem, the comprehensive consideration of the best solution and implementation, so the portfolio of interactive designers should focus on the actual project in the face of problems to propose solutions to this series of processes, and the final effect.

1. The design case preferably is the actual project, but does not make the redesign by oneself

The interaction designer encounters various problems in the actual work, faced with a variety of needs may also need to communicate with a number of different types of colleagues, in the face of these constraints and problems how to find the most essential needs, in the proposed solutions to find the best solution is very important ability, these only in real projects will be encountered, And the redesign of their own does not meet these problems, so the portfolio should try to show these actual projects.

Try to choose the actual project

2. Explain the problem-solving process, and the effect

Interaction design is an optimal solution to the needs and problems. A single solution can not be a good display of their professionalism, design cases should describe the project or requirements of the content, the existing problems, the designer's proposal and the corresponding analysis, the advantages of the final plan, it is best to show the final practical results of the program, such as the number of traffic, Number of registrations. It is recommended to use an intuitive form such as a story version, a flowchart, etc. to present these content.

Show the whole thinking process of solving the problem

2. Using a wireframe that removes visual effects

Coupled with the visual effects of the design is easy to put more attention to the non-interactive part, so the interactive design case should try to display wireframe and flowchart, and with a certain text description. Wireframes can take a variety of forms, including hand drawings, Visio or axure, as many design tools as possible to showcase their professionalism.

Using wireframe

3. Try to use a presentation with interactive effects

A simple screenshot does not show the various modes, interactions, and effects of the design elements, especially the design of the mobile product, and therefore uses the animation effect to show the scheme, but should not use too many complicated operations to increase the reader's cost.

Interactive display

4. Attention to picture size, display design details

Each design picture should highlight one or two points to illustrate the superiority of the scheme, and too large images will increase the load speed of the page. Simple pictures can not be very good explanation of the reasons for the establishment of the plan, you need to add a certain text description.

Detailed description of the scheme

5. Pay attention to the whole collection of taste, aesthetic quality

Although the interaction designer pays more attention to the product information structure, the operation process and so on, but also should pay attention to the entirety and esthetics of the work set, pay attention to the experience that the work brings to the user, this also can more persuasive display designer's professionalism.

Pay attention to the taste of the work collection

6. To provide the best expression of their own level of work

Readers often think that this is the best work of a designer when browsing a portfolio, therefore, we should carefully polish the work of each of the cases, as far as possible to show their professional quality of the design, and for their own design pieces, I think the relationship with the interactive design is far away should be deleted.

Provide the best works

7. Avoid design case copyright issues

The actual project design, often involves copyright issues, designers in the selection of cases should also be noted, not online projects or signed a confidentiality agreement of the project should pay attention to such problems.

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