Portfolio for Carnegie Mellon

completelykate
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:00:53 +0000

Drawing is important, and a few life drawing pieces are important to any design portfolio - you do need a fair amount of traditional media work in there, but it is helpful to have some graphic work as well. Not necessary, but helpful. Most of your fellow applicants will have it.

Papercraft is a big part of freshman design too, so if you have any papercraft work, add it in stuff like this is what is typically found in freshman portfolios and studio work:

[Admissions Cards, School of Design Gallery > School of Design > Carnegie Mellon University](http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_gallery.php?gid=65)

[Say Something! with Posters Gallery > School of Design > Carnegie Mellon University](http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_gallery.php?gid=58)

[Beginning Typography Gallery > School of Design > Carnegie Mellon University](http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_gallery.php?gid=21)

there is heavy emphasis on typography, digital creation and digital protyping in design. I think they’re just hoping that your portfolio will indicate you are capable of doing good work in this medium, even if it isn’t your favorite or primary.