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What exactly is a design portfolio? If you want to get super technical, a design portfolio is a flat case, preferably made of leather, that is used for carrying, drawings, artwork, photographs and other designs. At some point in history, the paper contents of these flat cases took on the verbiage of the container and they too became know as an artist’s portfolio. Nowadays, with the advent of online galleries and such, a design portfolio is simply a collection or a sampling of an artist’s work, regardless of the means or medium used to present them. What is the purpose of a design portfolio? Taking it down to it’s most fundamental level, a design portfolio is simply a way to say “look at me, see how great I am, you should hire me”. A design portfolio is a way to showcase what you are capable of doing in the hopes of impressing potential clients to want to work with you. Let’s face it. You may want to deny it, but deep down we all know, we designers are a conceded bunch. And that’s OK. If we didn’t think we wer