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Every design website example below is a live site, run by a designer working with clients and studios, not a mockup or a best-of pick. Filter by discipline, or scroll and see what stops you.

Made Architects design portfolio built on the Tone template
Made Architects
Architect
Made Architects
Architect
Chris Ko
Photographer
Earthy Moods design portfolio built on the Shade template
Earthy Moods
Interior Design
Earthy Moods
Interior Design
Gaelle Monin design portfolio built on the Scope template
Gaelle Monin
UI/UX Designer
Gaelle Monin
UI/UX Designer
Tze Soh
Architecture
Jeannette Andamasaris design portfolio built on the Tone template
Jeannette Andamasaris
Architecture, Interior Design
Jeannette Andamasaris
Architecture, Interior Design
Danny Moore
Designer
Outline Architects design portfolio built on the Tone template
Outline Architects
Architecture
Outline Architects
Architecture
Benedikt Schoder design portfolio built on the Titan template
Benedikt Schoder
Graphic Designer
Benedikt Schoder
Graphic Designer
Vibeke Nodskov design portfolio built on the Stack template
Vibeke Nodskov
Graphic Designer
Vibeke Nodskov
Graphic Designer
Jamie Boon
Architect
Rob Shaw design portfolio built on the Draft template
Rob Shaw
Animation Designer
Rob Shaw
Animation Designer
Abcarius & Burns design portfolio built on the Firefly template
Abcarius & Burns
Architects
Abcarius & Burns
Architects
Projecto Objeto design portfolio built on the Tone template
Projecto Objeto
Architects
Projecto Objeto
Architects
Paul Raats design portfolio built on the White template
Paul Raats
Photographer
Paul Raats
Photographer
Rosy Martinez design portfolio built on the Tower template
Rosy Martinez
Creative Director
Rosy Martinez
Creative Director
Nikeeta Ebenezer design portfolio built on the Define template
Nikeeta Ebenezer
Graphic Design
Nikeeta Ebenezer
Graphic Design
FSARCH
Architect
Michele Discardi design portfolio built on the Omni template
Michele Discardi
Photography, Design
Michele Discardi
Photography, Design
Beckett Woolridge design portfolio built on the Tone template
Beckett Woolridge
Architecture
Beckett Woolridge
Architecture
Mike Rieman
Designer
Scott Steel design portfolio built on the Scope template
Scott Steel
Graphic Designer
Scott Steel
Graphic Designer
Louis vavaroutsos design portfolio built on the Tone template
Louis vavaroutsos
Architecture
Louis vavaroutsos
Architecture
Leon Preller design portfolio built on the Runway template
Leon Preller
Film Maker
Leon Preller
Film Maker
Panda Tech Studio design portfolio built on the Embed template
Panda Tech Studio
Game Design
Panda Tech Studio
Game Design
Susan Dang design portfolio built on the Define template
Susan Dang
Graphic Designer
Susan Dang
Graphic Designer
Harry Master design portfolio built on the Grid template
Harry Master
Graphic Designer
Harry Master
Graphic Designer
Yasuko Miyamoto design portfolio built on the Aperture template
Yasuko Miyamoto
Interior Designer
Yasuko Miyamoto
Interior Designer
Williams + Ward Realty Media design portfolio built on the Point template
Williams + Ward Realty Media
Photography
Williams + Ward Realty Media
Photography
Sally Denning design portfolio built on the Amber template
Sally Denning
Stylist, Creative Director
Sally Denning
Stylist, Creative Director
Cherlyn
Design Objects
Rebecca Pletsch design portfolio built on the Grand template
Rebecca Pletsch
Artist
Rebecca Pletsch
Artist
Aidan Brezonick design portfolio built on the Revel template
Aidan Brezonick
Multimedia Artist
Aidan Brezonick
Multimedia Artist
Sabrine Carangelo design portfolio built on the Titan template
Sabrine Carangelo
Artist
Sabrine Carangelo
Artist
Guilherme Marques design portfolio built on the Sepia template
Guilherme Marques
Motion Designer
Guilherme Marques
Motion Designer
NG
Interior Designer
Asimetrico Py design portfolio built on the Thames template
Asimetrico Py
Architect
Asimetrico Py
Architect
Tom Schroeder design portfolio built on the Scale template
Tom Schroeder
Animator
Tom Schroeder
Animator
Lisa Arrowood design portfolio built on the Baseline template
Lisa Arrowood
Interior Designer
Lisa Arrowood
Interior Designer
Ceres Arquitectura design portfolio built on the Bunch template
Ceres Arquitectura
Architect
Ceres Arquitectura
Architect
Amo Architects design portfolio built on the Sense template
Amo Architects
Architect
Amo Architects
Architect
Jasmin Chery design portfolio built on the Define template
Jasmin Chery
Graphic Designer
Jasmin Chery
Graphic Designer
Render Studio design portfolio built on the Glow template
Render Studio
3D Visual Artist
Render Studio
3D Visual Artist
Michaela Robinson design portfolio built on the Wallflower template
Michaela Robinson
Architect
Michaela Robinson
Architect
Janet Cho design portfolio built on the Stack template
Janet Cho
Graphic Designer
Janet Cho
Graphic Designer
Alaina Bodley design portfolio built on the Scope template
Alaina Bodley
Product Designer
Alaina Bodley
Product Designer
Jen McDonald design portfolio built on the Zephyr template
Jen McDonald
Graphic Designer
Jen McDonald
Graphic Designer
JM Architects
Architect
Jessica Swanson design portfolio built on the Rome template
Jessica Swanson
Product Designer
Jessica Swanson
Product Designer
Zeya Marx design portfolio built on the Aspen template
Zeya Marx
Multimedia Artist, Musician
Zeya Marx
Multimedia Artist, Musician
Em Clare Schwartz design portfolio built on the Tone template
Em Clare Schwartz
UX Design
Em Clare Schwartz
UX Design
Shane Teal design portfolio built on the Thames template
Shane Teal
Motion Designer
Shane Teal
Motion Designer
Adriana Ball
Architect
LogoBoat design portfolio built on the Scope template
LogoBoat
Graphic Designer
LogoBoat
Graphic Designer
Design portfolio ideas worth stealing

Ideas

Design portfolio ideas worth stealing

The portfolios that work tend to make the same decisions well. Seven worth borrowing before you build yours.

  • 1

    Show fewer pieces than you want to

    The strongest portfolios show fewer projects than the designer has available. Every project added has to earn its place.

  • 2

    Lead with one strong image, not a menu

    Open on a strong piece of work rather than a menu, and put contact within one click of every page.

  • 3

    Put contact one click from everywhere

    Make it easy for visitors to reach you. Contact details should be accessible from every page without navigation.

  • 4

    Own the domain

    A portfolio on a social platform belongs to that platform. A portfolio website carries your domain, your layout and your contact details.

  • 5

    Split the nav by discipline, not by client

    A designer who works across identity, product and motion reads as three different hires when the nav is a client list, and as one clear proposition when it is a discipline list.

  • 6

    Lead with the problem, not the artefact

    A buyer who can see what the brief was can price the work. A buyer looking at a finished logo with no context is guessing.

  • 7

    Depth for process, scrolls for products

    Give a project its own page when the thinking is the sell, and one scroll when the image is. Case study depth wins interviews for product and UX work.

Design portfolio examples that sell, deliver and publish

Examples

Portfolio examples that sell, deliver and publish

A design portfolio does not have to stop at showing work. On Pixpa the same site can sell products, deliver client work and publish alongside the gallery, without stitching separate tools together.

  • 1

    Store, zero commission

    Sell prints, template packs, presets or digital files from the same site, and keep the full sale price. Stripe and PayPal connect directly, and Pixpa takes no cut of any transaction on any plan.

  • 2

    Client galleries

    Send a project set to a client as a private gallery instead of a file link that expires. Clients mark favourites, leave comments, and download at the size you set, which is how most architecture and interior practices here hand over shoot results and drawings.

  • 3

    Blog

    Publish process notes, project write-ups or studio news on the same domain as the portfolio, which is the part search engines index and keep returning to.

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Gozde C. Interior designer

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FAQs

Questions about design portfolio examples

Everything else you might want to know before you start. Still curious? Live chat is open 24/7.

What is a design portfolio?

A design portfolio is a curated set of a designer's work, presented so that someone who has never met them can decide whether to hire them. For most working designers it is a website rather than a PDF, because a link stays current between pitches and an attachment does not.

Selective. The design portfolio examples on this page tend to open on one strong piece of work rather than a menu, keep the project count well below what the designer could show, and put contact within one click of every page. Where the thinking is the sell, each project gets its own page. Where the image carries it, one scroll is enough.

There is no fixed number and the examples here vary. The pattern worth noticing is that the strongest portfolios show fewer projects than the designer has available. A reviewer skimming your site will judge you on the weakest piece as readily as the best one, so every project you add has to earn its place.

A design portfolio is the body of work. A design portfolio website is where it lives at a URL you own. The distinction matters commercially: a portfolio on a social platform or a hosted community page belongs to that platform, while a portfolio website carries your domain, your layout and your contact details.

Graphic design, UX and product design, architecture, interior design, and multimedia and motion design. The filter above narrows the grid to one discipline, and each discipline also has its own collection with a fuller set of examples.

Yes. Every site in the grid is a live portfolio belonging to a working designer or studio using Pixpa. None of them are mockups or demo content, and each card links through to the site as it runs today.

Yes. Each card names the template the site was built on, and you can open that template and start from the same layout. Designers customise from there with their own type, colour and custom CSS, which is why two sites on one template rarely look alike.

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