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Feb 27, 2026
The New Design Portfolio (No Case Studies)
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The portfolio game changed. Case studies are dead weight when hiring managers spend 55 seconds on your work.
I break down real portfolios from designers who are either working or just got hired — what they're doing differently and why it works.
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UX Tools: https://uxtools.co
Chapters
00:00 - 55 seconds to make a decision
00:45 - What the Figma hiring study actually says
01:45 - What's changing on the canvas
02:30 - Chloe Yan's 10-minute playground
03:15 - Preston Booth: the site is the portfolio
03:45 - When the product is the portfolio (Seb Cornelius)
04:15 - Wora Work's entire world
04:45 - Viktor Oddy: experimenting in public
05:15 - Does this actually lead to work?
06:30 - The paradox: jobs are up, but hiring managers disagree
07:30 - The junior designer problem
08:30 - Tool osmosis: the new apprenticeship
09:30 - PwC data: AI-exposed industries grew 38%
10:15 - Path 1: Micro interactions
10:45 - Path 2: Build your own playground
11:15 - Path 3: Software as a gift (Kyle Zantos, Sam Dape)
12:00 - Path 4: Learn in public
12:45 - Where to post (X, Instagram, LinkedIn)
13:30 - The DM that changed my mind
14:15 - My challenge to you
