Nia Voss
Designers
A designer portfolio website built from your best pieces
A designer portfolio website should get to the work fast: four to six projects, a strong image for each, and one line on what the work did. On SayHi you can lay that out as a bento grid or a large-image portfolio and publish it free at sayhi.page/yourname.
Nia Voss
Selected projects as a bento grid or large images, plus a way to start a project.
What to put on a designer portfolio
People came for the work. Show it before you explain the practice.
- Four to six selected projectsEach with a cover image, title, year and one sentence on the brief or the result. A few strong projects read better than the full archive.
- A short practice statementTwo sentences on what you design and who you work with, near the top so people know what they are looking at.
- Process that explains a decisionA sketch or material study earns its place when it shows why the final piece looks the way it does.
- Clients or collaboratorsName a few if you can. One line is enough.
- A way to start a projectAn email link with a hint such as “Booking from March”, or a contact form with a company field.
- Instagram, Behance or DribbbleAdd them as social links for the people who want to see more.
Example
Example: Nia Voss’s page
Nia is a demo independent designer who works on identities, print and objects. Her page uses the Bento template: a two-line studio statement, three projects in different card sizes (a brand book, a poster series and a ceramic lamp), a colour study, and an email link that says she takes one new identity at a time.
The grid works because her pieces are different shapes. The brand book gets a large card and the lamp a small one. If your work is mostly full-bleed images of a similar size, the Portfolio template will suit it better.
Tips for a stronger portfolio
Small choices that make a design portfolio easier to judge.
Lead with the work you want more of
The first card sets expectations. Put the kind of project you want to be hired for there.
Write the result, not the deliverables
“Identity and packaging for a plaster lighting studio” beats “branding, print, digital”.
Crop for a phone
Upload your stills in the editor and check that the subject still reads at phone width.
Keep captions to a sentence
Anyone who wants the full story will ask, and that is the conversation you want.
Bento or Portfolio?
Bento
Cards of different sizes on one surface. Good when your work is a mix of marks, objects, prints and words.
Portfolio
Images run large and the text steps back. Good when each project is best seen as a photograph.
Templates that fit
Bento
Nia’s layout. Mix large and small cards on one grid.
Portfolio
Large images first, with short captions under them.
Read next: How to build a one-page portfolio, choosing and ordering the projects.
Make your page
Choose a layout
Bento if your pieces vary in shape, Portfolio if they are mostly images. You can switch later and keep your content.
Add your projects
Upload a cover image for each, then write the title, year and one sentence.
Publish and share
Sign in to publish at sayhi.page/yourname and add it to your Instagram bio, email signature and proposals.
Questions
Can each project have its own case-study page?
Your SayHi page is a single page. Link each project card to a longer case study on Behance, Notion or your own site.
Can I use images hosted on another site?
Upload them in the editor instead. Pages only show images uploaded to SayHi, so they load with the page and do not break when another site moves a file.
Is the Bento template only for designers?
No. It suits anyone whose work comes in pieces of different sizes. Designers are just the most common fit.
Related pages
Bento website builder
A modular grid for projects, objects, and sentences on one personal page.
Portfolio builder
A one-page portfolio: large work, a short bio, and a URL for a bio or an email.
Designer portfolio examples
The same designer projects as a bento grid, then as large work.
Photographer portfolio website
Selected stills with captions, a short bio, and a way to send an enquiry.