Designer Portfolio Websites | Tips and Examples
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October 13, 2021
Mads Svanegaard
Theme used: HueMads Svanegaard is a creative soul with an eye for precision. He is experienced with industrial design, shaping, design thinking, user-focused design, UX, and improving people's lives with better products tailored to their needs.
https://designersvane.format.comJad Cheikh
Theme used: AmazonJad Cheikh is a Canadian UI/UX Designer & Production Artist, currently living in Lebanon. With years of experience in the fields of Branding and Digital Design, Cheikh’s skill is evident in his collective body of work.
https://jadventures.format.comPoon, Val
Theme used: PointVal Poon is a product designer whose purpose is to craft digital user experience that feels essential, intuitive and desirable. At work, she is mindful of how every click of a button equates to making a decision. She believes that design plays a key role in ensuring we clearly communicate with our users.
https://val-p.format.comYanina Fiorillo
Theme used: AmazonYanina Fiorillo is a UI / UX Product Design Lead. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with over 18 years of professional experience, she designs in the digital field for brands like Coca-Cola, Sony, Lancome, Cisco, Georgia Pacific, Chubb, as well as many innovative startups.
https://yanina-kifl.format.comRazane Hanna
Theme used: ShiftRazane Hanna is a UX/UI Designer with a background in landscape architecture. Raz's work and design puts users at the center of every project she undertakes. She strives to create exciting and innovative products that people love to use while bringing aesthetic value and attention to detail to the table.
https://razanehanna.format.comTrafiklab
Theme used: StockholmVirginie Paschevre is an independent graphic designer & art director based in Paris and working in editorial, branding & visual identity.
https://trafiklab.format.comFind Vector Graphics Inspiration
Graphic design is all about transforming something ordinary into something special and memorable. The exciting aspect of a career in design is that there are new trends every year, allowing you to revamp your library of work. You can look to platforms like Behance, Adobe Stock, and Shutterstock to explore trending vector artwork styles for inspiration to add to your portfolio work. As graphic designers, you may be already aware of trends in design businesses in your target industry that you might want to see from you.
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Theme used: HorizonTaylor Horne is an American visual artist who combines Photography, Set Design and Fabrication. He began with a formal education in black and white film photography, but growing up building things led him to expand his career into Art Direction and Set Design. His fascination with creating environments led him to work under Set Designers like Mary Howard, and Production Designer Richard Hoover.
https://taylor-horne.format.comHE—Studios
Theme used: SunHarrison Scott Kuykendall is a New York based Retoucher and Art Director and the owner of post production house HE—Studios. Our clients include: Stella Artois, Target, Virgin Voyages, Todd Snyder, Champion, Bare Minerals, Variety Magazine, Tommy Hilfiger, Vera Wang, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Micheal Kors, Clinique, Allure, DKNY, Perry Ellis.
https://he-studios.format.comRashpal Gurm
Theme used: PeakRashpal Gurm is a freelance creative image retoucher, working directly with ad agencies and photographers across the world. Taking a thoughtful, methodical approach in work to deliver innovative, premium images with a commercial finish.
https://rashpalgurm.format.comHozan Zangana
Theme used: ForegroundHozan Zangana is inspired by language, tradition and rituals; essential elements in our world that do not occupy any physical space. Zangana’s objects offer a new life to old heritages.
https://hozan-zangana.format.comJuliet June
Theme used: SharpBlacklight creates handcrafted paper light shades. Folded simplicity, carefully and lovingly made.
https://juliet-june.format.comedgar
Theme used: SierraEdgar Ferrer is a motion designer and animator working for almost 15 years between Barcelona, Brussels, and Berlin. He loves telling stories through design and animation in 2D, 3D, or mixing both at the same time.
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Theme used: FrameMarius Wilkens-Zimmermann is a multi-disciplinary digital artist creating CGI for the world of cosmetics, products, and packaging. Based in Paraguay, South America, Marius brings invaluable studio and agency experience providing high end visuals for advertising clients. Specializing in the combination of CGI with 3D rendering, and post production retouching, Marius merges his artistic skills with technical accuracy to increase production value exponentially.
https://marius-wz.format.comBANDINI BOOKS
Theme used: KilnBANDINI BOOKS is a publishing house, specializing in artists' books, prints and multiples. Working closely and in collaboration with artists, institutions, galleries, collectors and the general public, BANDINI PROJECTS will serve, in tangent to their publishing house, as a dynamic venue for the production and execution of art related exhibitions, installations and happenings.
https://bandini.format.comRobert Dawson
Theme used: OraAlice Lane is a team of experienced cabinetmakers, committed to creating beautiful interiors. We work closely with clients, architects, designers and builders to turn dreams into stunning homes. We do both manufacture and install high-end residential joinery.
https://alice-lane.format.comVincent Corbière
Theme used: GlossVincent Corbière is a sculptor, designer, one of a kind furniture maker, master craftsman, bespoke, international clientele and private collectors.
https://vincent-corbiere.format.comGLASS HOUSE PARTNERS
Theme used: Horizon LeftGLASS HOUSE PARTNERS is a LA based interior design and real estate development company with over 20 years experience.
https://galliondesign.format.comZineb Hamza
Theme used: ExposureZineb Hamza is a Digital Artist and Multidisciplinary Designer based in Tangier, Morocco. Zineb holds a diploma of Design and a degree in Philosophy from the National Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouan. Zineb captures things that are pure and simple. She is fascinated by the details. Graphic design and digital art are Zineb’s ways of expression in the creative world: they are the connection and the union of her approach to the several disciplines in which she practices.
https://zinebhamza.format.comEarly Cloud Design
Theme used: OrderEarly Cloud Design Integration Limited is a creative design integration company from Macau. The designer members are mainly from Macau, Taiwan and Malaysia. Their work focuses on using rigorous market research and analysis methods, unique design methods, and innovative thinking to help customers successfully develop their brand business.
https://early-cloud.format.comAhmed Bokhari
Theme used: HorizonAhmed is a versatile and creative young professional who is passionate about various forms of design such as Architecture, Interior Design, Environmental Design, and Spatial Design. With experience in the Architecture and Interior Design industry, Ahmen is eager to build a career with the DGC with a focus on Set Design. Ahmed’s experiences as a multifaceted designer give him the right tools to jump into any project.
https://ahmed-bokhari-dxzf.format.comArnis Putnins
Theme used: OrderArnis’s work focuses on research-based design: photography, film, illustration, sculpture, and typography. Arnis is a graphic designer experienced in brand identity, creative direction, photography, film video production, illustration, and website design. He leverages graphic design communication knowledge combined with public relations agency work experience to help understand client interests in a broad context.
https://arnis-putnins.format.comRachel Eck
Theme used: OrderRachel Eck is a designer and letterer from the NY/NJ metro area. She earned her art degree from Rutgers University and went on to work across many design mediums over the past 15 years. Starting in Brooklyn at a boutique custom font and typesetting shop in Park Slope, Rachel went on to do international brand guidelines, campaigns and event activations with brands like Verizon, Citi bike and Lyft.
https://rachel-eck.format.comEszter Zámori
Theme used: OraEszter has been a contemporary jewellery designer for more than 10 years. Eszter’s jewelry is made of materials that stand the test of time: precious metals, gemstones, and exotic wood. Eszter believes that an object prepared with the utmost attention will preserve the imprint of the moment years to come. The materials Eszter uses encapsulate just that. Eszter believes that the purpose of jewelry is to slow down time, to awaken passion, and to provide pleasure, just like a piece of candy.
https://eszter-zamori.format.comRitesh Gupta
Theme used: BalanceRitesh Gupta is empathetic, creative, and mission-driven. He builds products, rebrands companies, produces effective creative outcomes, finds product-market fit, and builds internal teams.
https://ritesh-gupta-nyc.format.comBen Dory
Theme used: OrderBen Dory is specialized in stainless steel granulation, welding individual spheres to surfaces to create ornate patterns. He currently maintains a studio and teaches in Little Rock, AR.
https://bendory.format.comPom Pom Factory
Theme used: MonocleKaren Hsu is the founder and creative director of Pom Pom Factory. Karen started making pom poms as visual merchandising props for independent shops in East London. Since then, she’s turned her papercraft into large-scale installations made from paper flowers of all varieties. Always experimenting with new techniques, colour combination and arrangement styles, Karen works closely with clients to create something special.
https://pompomfactory.format.comEric de Bruijn
Theme used: MonocleEric de Bruijn's wish has always been, and always will be, the creation of an artistic habitat that fully fits in its surroundings. He likes to see his guests completely happy and comfortable by giving them an intense and safe welcome. Surrounded by beautiful design, great art, healthy food and happy smiling service.
https://hotel-designs.format.comBaşak Kılıçbeyli
Theme used: Horizon LeftBasak Kilicbeyli is from Istanbul, Turkey, and was born in Moscow, Russia in 1992. She received her BFA in Graphic Design from Yeditepe University in 2015. Until 2019, she worked as a freelance Graphic Designer. After earned a merit scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2019, she came to the US and got her MFA degree in Studio Art in 2021. Basak Kilicbeyli currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
https://basakkilicbeyli.format.comSimone Hummel
Theme used: SierraSimone's work is exciting and fresh. Her ability to tell stories in innovative ways shows innovations in rethinking content marketing, events, and design. Bravo!
https://fromsimone.format.comRich Heaton
Theme used: HorizonRich Heaton is a commercial photographer with a love for Beauty, Fashion, and Advertising Photography. He has been featured on billboards for New York Fashion week among other print and web-based publications.
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