Professional / mid-career
Portico Portfolio Template
Strong American grotesk on cream with navy ink. Built for: professional / mid-career 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
- FontsLibre Franklin
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 Contents
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Site analysis - P1
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05 Drawings - P1
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06 Visuals - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Detail - P2
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09 Text & image - P2
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10 Single-page project - P3
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11 Professional work
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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 Contents
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Site analysis - P1
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05 Drawings - P1
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06 Visuals - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Detail - P2
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09 Text & image - P2
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10 Single-page project - P3
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11 Professional work
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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 | Name, image and the project list on the cover | Curation: the reader sees the whole portfolio up front |
| 02 Contents | Contents as large numbered blocks | Curation and order: strongest project first |
| 03 Project opener - P1 | Title and idea first, image second | Concept and narrative: the reader knows what to look for |
| 04 Site analysis - P1 | Site plan with three analysis diagrams | Diagramming and analysis; context |
| 05 Drawings - P1 | Plan and section at the same scale | Technical drawing quality: scale, line weights, north arrow |
| 06 Visuals - P1 | Main render or model photo with two supporting images | Rendering and visualisation |
| 07 Project opener - P2 | Title and idea first, image second | Concept and narrative: the reader knows what to look for |
| 08 Detail - P2 | Construction detail with supporting images | Technical drawing quality; how it is built |
| 09 Text & image - P2 | A longer piece of writing next to one image | Concept and narrative in your own words |
| 10 Single-page project - P3 | A whole smaller project on one page | Range without padding |
| 11 Professional work | Office work you contributed to, with credits | Team-role clarity and permission to show the work |
| 12 Curriculum vitae | CV with portrait and contact in a side column | Submission fit; easy to scan |
| 13 Back cover | Contact and a QR code on a dark page | Easy to reach you |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Libre Franklin BoldYour name on the cover
- Number
- Libre Franklin LightProject numbers on opener pages
- Title
- Libre Franklin BoldProject and section titles
- Lead
- Libre Franklin LightThe one-sentence idea of a project, statements
- Heading
- Libre Franklin MediumSub-headings, contents entries
- Body
- Libre Franklin RegularRunning text
- Label
- Libre Franklin Medium capsSmall section labels
- Data
- Libre Franklin RegularProject data, CV entries
- Caption
- Libre Franklin RegularImage captions
- Folio
- Libre Franklin Regular capsRunning header and page numbers
Colours
- Paper
#F5F1E8 - Ink
#14213D - Grey
#6B7488 - Accent
#D1495B
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.
