The webpage - Less is more, white graphics

My first port of call is to design a website, a digital portfolio of my work. This enables any potential employer to access my portfolio without the baggage.

I've been looking at a few portfolio websites and in my opinion the successful ones are very easy to navigate with minimal bells and whistles, getting straight to the point, whilst utilising alot of white space.


sam winston
Nicholas saunders

With this in mind I picked up a book called 'white graphics - The power of white in graphic design' by gail deilbler finke.

At first it may look like a neo nazi supremacist design manifesto - but its not. Armed with this i've created a mood board.

Key thing that I picked out form the book are:

"Visual communication is as much about taking away as it is putting in"

"A nice chunk of white space is one of the most comforting respites from the overloaded hyperactive imagery being created in print and interactive media today."

"Less is more"

"Combining a white sheet or other item with saturated colour. plain white paper on a dark folder, a white label on a dark wine bottle, a white wrap on a coloured book. - this goes to show white can become part of the over all graphic design not just canvass to hold it."

tj -x-