N x N (in progress)
N x N is a custom portfolio generator (in progress).
The question that motivated the project was: making a portfolio is a theoretically simply task… why do I always hate making one? The answer is: hidden, arduous tasks. Thumbnail cropping, ordering, creating a layout that compliments the projects…. These seem like small jobs but end up making the “quick portfolio” perpetually illusive.
The solution, as I see it, is this: Look to the grid (it will never fail you).
N x N is primarily a dead-simple framework for uploading and displaying images and projects. No fancy tools, just a familiar, form-based, step-by-step process that results in an equally simple, elegant portfolio. Of course, the layouts and general presentation can be customized, but not to the same level that an application such as WordPress can. I think this is a good thing. Standardized results.
The target audience is craftspeople (e.g. Etsians), design school students, and groups of individuals who need to quickly compile a joint design portfolio.
Estimated completion date is mid-April, depending on how some other projects shape up.
I think I will need another layer where I could use the NxN organization as a base for pages with single large images. From my experience, this is what tends to sell my work best.
chris nannig
14 May 08 at 14:05:44
I was wondering when you’d comment…
I actually came to that same conclusion all by myself. The final version will include the ability to view any project as a big old image (or series of images).
Since when are you selling work? Ha!
Don
15 May 08 at 12:38:41