Portfolio; Y/N
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I'm a furniture designer, so in some regards, I can understand where your friend is coming from. I think the difference is, industrial design is a much more closed practice where there's a select group of companies and manufacturers who you work with - on the whole, company A knows what company B is up to, and vice-versa.
I can't speak for your situation, but I find graphic design to be a much more universal practice, where anyone from an individual doctor to a major corporation can request your a services - and I believe having your site freely available to show any of these potential customers your work is always a plus.
After all, aren't your services of interest because of your previous work? I'm interested in someone's work because of what I've seen their abilities - looking at a bio or cv, probably isn't going to get me quite as hyped up. And, in this ever more impatient world, I think it's to your benefit to show your work for everyone to see.
If they still want a similar site, I think a good designer, and I think you are, can convince them to go in the most beneficial direction, and not the most treaded.