School of Design Portfolio Requirements
- Graphic Design
- Industrial Design
- Web Development & Interaction Design
Applicants who seek direct entry admission to the School of Design should submit a portfolio of 10 to 15 examples of original work. This portfolio should include work samples that showcase your creativity, inventiveness, and creative problem-solving skills, as well as the skills and media that you have learned. It should also highlight your ability to communicate ideas: visually, in writing, and through speech, movement, or sound if applicable. Film and video work should be kept brief, 3 minute maximum recommended. A wide variety of work qualifies for portfolio submission and some of these are listed below. Two-dimensional or three-dimensional work is required but other media are welcome. Individual and collaborative work where your role is defined is accepted and applicants may choose to submit a selection of work samples from the list below or ones that are not listed.
Two-dimensional work
• Architectural or product rendering
• Comics
• Computer aided drawing (CAD)
• Collage, painting, murals
• Drawing from observation or imagination
• Graphic design
• Mechanical drawing
• Printmaking
• Photography
Three-dimensional work
• Architectural models
• Crafts: ceramics, fiber art, furniture design, metalwork
and jewelry
• Design: architectural, fashion, graphic, industrial,
interior, product
• Experimental books, bookbinding, papermaking
• Installation art: designed exhibitions, installations,
Performance art, or site-specific art
• Sculpture, assemblage
Film
• Animation
• Digital video
• Documentary, experimental or narrative film
Multimedia
• Interactive media
• Interface design
• Games
• Motion graphics
• Programming
• Websites
Performing arts
• Costume design
• Set design
Writing samples
• Blogs, essays
• Fictional prose
• Graphic novels
• Poetry
• Research papers
• Zines
