Competition & visual
Ashlar Portfolio Template
Cormorant on charcoal with mono captions. For screens. Built for: competition & visual portfolios. Every page sits on a 12 x 12 grid, so text, captions and data are in the same place on every page and a reviewer can find them without searching.
- Pages13
- FormatsA3 landscape, A4 portrait
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsCormorant Garamond, IBM Plex Mono
Every page
Both formats have the same pages in the same order, so you can decide late or make both.
Landscape A3 420 x 297 mm
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01 Cover
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02 Statement
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Full-bleed image - P1
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05 Axonometric - P1
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06 Site analysis - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Text & image - P2
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09 Elevations - P2
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10 Project opener - P3
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11 Image pair - P3
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12 Curriculum vitae
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13 Back cover
Portrait A4 210 x 297 mm
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01 Cover
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02 Statement
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Full-bleed image - P1
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05 Axonometric - P1
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06 Site analysis - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Text & image - P2
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09 Elevations - P2
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10 Project opener - P3
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11 Image pair - P3
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12 Curriculum vitae
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13 Back cover
Page by page
What goes on each page, and what a reviewer looks for there.
| Page | What goes here | What a reviewer looks for |
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| 01 Cover | Full-bleed image with your name on a panel | Graphic identity; image quality at full size |
| 02 Statement | A short design statement, portrait and contents | Concept and narrative across the whole portfolio |
| 03 Project opener - P1 | Text on the left, hero image bleeding off the right | Concept and narrative: idea stated before the images |
| 04 Full-bleed image - P1 | One image across the whole page with a short caption | Rendering and visualisation at full size |
| 05 Axonometric - P1 | One centred drawing with generous white space | Diagramming and analysis; drawing as the main event |
| 06 Site analysis - P1 | Site plan with three analysis diagrams | Diagramming and analysis; context |
| 07 Project opener - P2 | Text on the left, hero image bleeding off the right | Concept and narrative: idea stated before the images |
| 08 Text & image - P2 | A longer piece of writing next to one image | Concept and narrative in your own words |
| 09 Elevations - P2 | Three elevations or sections stacked | Technical drawing quality; consistent scale |
| 10 Project opener - P3 | Text on the left, hero image bleeding off the right | Concept and narrative: idea stated before the images |
| 11 Image pair - P3 | Two equal images compared, with captions | Rendering and visualisation; before / after or day / night |
| 12 Curriculum vitae | CV with portrait and contact in a side column | Submission fit; easy to scan |
| 13 Back cover | Centred name, contact and QR code | Easy to reach you |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Cormorant Garamond SemiBoldYour name on the cover
- Number
- Cormorant Garamond LightProject numbers on opener pages
- Title
- Cormorant Garamond SemiBoldProject and section titles
- Lead
- Cormorant Garamond LightThe one-sentence idea of a project, statements
- Heading
- Cormorant Garamond MediumSub-headings, contents entries
- Body
- Cormorant Garamond RegularRunning text
- Label
- IBM Plex Mono Medium capsSmall section labels
- Data
- IBM Plex Mono RegularProject data, CV entries
- Caption
- IBM Plex Mono RegularImage captions
- Folio
- IBM Plex Mono Regular capsRunning header and page numbers
Colours
- Paper
#222020 - Ink
#F3EEE6 - Grey
#A29C93 - Accent
#E07A4F
Recolour the whole document by editing one swatch. All fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License and come in the download.
What is in the download
- Editable InDesign IDML for both formats: master pages, paragraph styles, swatches and labelled frames. Opens in InDesign CC 2019 or later and in Affinity Publisher.
- Preview PDF and page images of both formats, to see the layout before you open anything.
- The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
- A user guide: the grid, styles, filling it in and exporting the PDF.
