The document provides tips for designing good resumes and portfolios according to 10 principles of good design by Dieter Rams. It advises that resumes and portfolios should be innovative, useful, aesthetic, understandable, honest, unobtrusive, long-lasting, thorough, environmentally friendly, and have as little design as possible. The document outlines each principle and provides examples for how to apply them to make resumes and portfolios that clearly demonstrate a designer's skills and experience.

1. Hello from Moto, IxDA!
Chris Andonian - Design Recruiter - Motorola Mobility
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*Opinions are my own. Not my employer’s.

2. I hire designers.
• For the last 9 years, I’ve been hiring...
• Visual Designers
• Industrial Designers
• Design Researchers
• Front-End Developers
• Copywriters / Content Strategists
• And last but not least...
• Interaction Designers

4. 10 Principles for Good [Resume & Portfolio] Design
~ Dieter Rams [& Chris Andonian]
Good design is…
• Innovative
• Useful
• Aesthetic
• Understandable
• Honest
• Unobtrusive
• Long-lasting
• Thorough, consistent,
and accurate down to
the last detail
• Environmentally
friendly
• As little design as
possible
Credit: Bibliothèque (design consultancy in London)

5. 1. Innovative
&
Design Input
Design Output

6. 2. Useful
• Purpose of your resume
is to show your
experience
• …and to link to your
PORTFOLIO!
• Purpose of your portfolio
is to show your work

7. 3. Aesthetic
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8. 4. Understandable
• “Good design makes a product understandable. It clarifies
the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product
talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.”
~ Dieter Rams, World Renowned Designer
• “Your work should mostly speak for itself. One’s resume
and portfolio should tell a complete story and demonstrate
an understanding of user behavior with the world, not just
the screen. Your design process and the evolution of your
designs should be obvious.”
~ Chris Andonian, has 500+ LinkedIn Connections

9. 5. Honest
• Be real
• Brand yourself
• Use humor when appropriate
• Do not write about yourself in
the third person!
• Example: “Chris Andonian
is a recruiter with 9 years
of experience and a
thought leader in…”
X

10. 6. Unobtrusive
File Name = Your Name!
*Consider the user and make it easy for them.

11. 7. Long-lasting

12. 8. Thorough, consistent, and
accurate down to the last detail
Consider your email address…
Spelling / Grammar
Resume, Portfolio, and all written
communication
Credit: Matthew Inman, TheOatmeal.com

13. 9. Environmentally friendly

14. 10. As little design as possible.
*Consider the user and make it easy for them.

15. Thanks IxDA!
Chris Andonian - Design Recruiter - Motorola Mobility
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