4 Awesome Portfolio Design Trends
Being a huge design affectionado, I like to bookmark all design portfolios I come across. I noticed that a few trends have emerged over the last 12 months while going through my bookmarks. Most designers have started using innovative design patterns that have emerged in the recent years. The use of lightbox, for instance, has become universal.
Let’s have a look the latest and the hottest techniques designers use for their own online portfolio.
1. The carousel
Everybody loves the carousel Javascript effect. Since its inception, it has quickly become the most popular choice amonst designers for showcasing their work. Here are few examples of cool implementation of the carousel.
Rob Young shows off his design work inside a Macbook Pro. Click on the screen and you are up for a surprise. Stunning and very original.
Viktor Jarnheimer uses an iMac carousel
Zarne Dravitzki showcases his work in a cool grunge photo-frame
Chris Sharp uses a simple and elegant way to showcase this recent work.
Rob Palmer's portfolio in a cloud is clean, simple and simply stunning.
2. Grid with Lightbox
This is perhaps the most common portfolio design technique. But some designers have taken it to the next level by adding that extra bit of style. Here are a few world-class portfolios:
Unnamed European designer who goes by the alias SofaSurfer.
Loïc Dupasquier uses cool onhover effects to make his portfolio look very cool.
Todd Adams' grunge background and cool photoframe effect makes his portfolio very unique and majestic.
Very well known designer Chris Spooner showcases his work in a sort of vanilla lightbox style but it is still worth a mention.
3. Cover Flow
Originated from Apple’s iTunes, the Cover Flow has been ported to the web with Javascript and Flash. A lot of designers have adopted this style. While some use Flash, others go with Javascript.
Corvus Design Studio uses a dynamically loading Flash to showcase their work
Excellent portfolio of Thomas Prior who uses Javascript instead. You have to drag the button at the bottom to scroll. I think it is ingenious and very original.
4. Accordion
Accordions are commonly used in webdesign but only a handful of portfolios are designed using this technique.
Lisa Moseley of Crush+Lovely uses a smooth accordion to showcase her work.
Marius Roosendaal's portfolio is one of my favourites. This is an outstanding piece of work.
Jackrabbit team showcases their print and web design work in a nice sliding accordion box.
Brazilian designer Fernando Kruger uses similar style as Roosendaal to show off his creative web design portfolio.
Call them deviant, call them creative
James Lai outstanding portfolio is perhaps one of its kind. With a very clever use of Javascript effects and outstanding graphics, this is one of the best portfolios I have ever come across.
Although the last one is not a “trend”, I thought it was good enough to get a mention. Do you have any suggestions or have you come across a well designed portfolio that fall into any of the categories above?
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(13) Skip to comment formFreelancercrowd
April 8, 2009 at 4:19 am
Wanderful selection
aravind
April 8, 2009 at 9:21 am
Inspirational!
Great composition..
Azad
April 8, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Thank you. I have been thinking about putting my own portfolio online. This is what just what my research revealed.
Thomas Prior
April 9, 2009 at 3:20 am
Hi! Thanks for featuring my site on your post!
Keep up the great writing and work.
Tom
Andrzej
April 11, 2009 at 7:08 am
Great collection. I think its time to revamp our online portfolio, the ideas here are very inspiring.
Martin Young
April 16, 2009 at 3:33 am
Great overview, you have inspired me to update my site. Do you know the name of the slideshow/ gallery type feature used, for example, by SofaSurfer?
Many thanks
DB.
February 8, 2010 at 6:41 am
Good article love coverflow. Need a photography client to implement this with.
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