That being said, it is generally recognized that portfoilios have their practical limitations, especially when considering file size, length, and customary content. A portfoilio, in its most conventional usage, is expected to represent the best of the designer's capabilities and tell a cohesive (yet brief) story. But what happens to those back of the napkin sketches that never quite make it past concept? Where should a designer's penchant for generating visual inspiration pieces be expressed when the art itself is unrelated to a particular project? So much of what we do as designers are unfinished thoughts: the unselected alternatives that aren't reflected in the final visuals, the abandoned designs, the sacrificed elements in the name of value-engineering or the capricious nature of industry trends.

My answer to this reality of the design profession is the digital repository, the virtual equivalent to a physical filing cabinet. A personal digital repository provides an organizing framework for designed content with fewer constraints than the digital portfolio. It is the inherent flexibility of the digital repository that enables the most accurate reflection of the breadth of a designer's skillset, unemcumbered by project narrative or requirement for brevity.

Welcome to my digital repository! Peruse at will and enjoy your visit.