Seeking portfolio feedback
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while my colleague Janne can be a bit "rough around the edges" - his criticisms are right on. I don't really see a voice in your work - what I see is a portfolio of work that has more of a "design by hobby" feel to it than anything professional or intentional.
For Instance:
You may have done this as a comp for Vera Wang, through whatever company you worked for, but you did not WORK for vera wang - in fact - im having a really difficult time reconciling how you would think that this would be on-brand with ANYTHING she's done before? Design isn't about creating pretty things to suite your own tastes, it is about boiling down the essence of a problem and providing a solution to the client that accomplishes what the need and builds VALUE for them. And as Janne said, you aren't building VALUE for yourself by showing things like this:
