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The Ultimate Portfolio Guide for Product Designers in 2026 🎒
Apr 01, 2026

The Ultimate Portfolio Guide for Product Designers in 2026 🎒

If you’re building or reworking your portfolio right now, these are the five things I’d focus on most.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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Is Your Portfolio Aligned With the Roles You’re Applying For? 🤔
Mar 18, 2026

Is Your Portfolio Aligned With the Roles You’re Applying For? 🤔

A practical way to rethink what your portfolio should include.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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Design Case Studies Are Changing: More Showing, Less Telling 🤐
Mar 11, 2026

Design Case Studies Are Changing: More Showing, Less Telling 🤐

Why designers now have more ways to demonstrate their thinking than just writing traditional case studies.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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How to Know What to Optimize in Your Portfolio 🔎
Feb 18, 2026

How to Know What to Optimize in Your Portfolio 🔎

Use analytics and UTM tracking to understand what’s actually happening

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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If I Had To Start My Career in Again 2026, This Is What I’d Do Differently 🤔
Feb 04, 2026

If I Had To Start My Career in Again 2026, This Is What I’d Do Differently 🤔

Hard-earned lessons I’d apply if I were starting now

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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How to Get Real-World Work Into Your Portfolio — No Matter Your Background 🥚
Jan 07, 2026

How to Get Real-World Work Into Your Portfolio — No Matter Your Background 🥚

How you can solve the classic chicken and egg problem

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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The Best Junior Design Portfolios I Saw in 2025 👀
Dec 17, 2025

The Best Junior Design Portfolios I Saw in 2025 👀

A year-end review of craft, clarity, and what actually worked

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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A Designer’s 2025 Gift Guide: Tools Worth Giving (or Getting) 🎁
Dec 10, 2025

A Designer’s 2025 Gift Guide: Tools Worth Giving (or Getting) 🎁

A curated list of products I genuinely recommend—and that actually move your design career forward (including a little gift from me)

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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Choosing the Right Case Studies for Your Portfolio 👀
Dec 03, 2025

Choosing the Right Case Studies for Your Portfolio 👀

A practical guide to choosing case studies that strengthen your signal and sharpen your positioning.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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Why Design Systems Are a Great Skill Juniors Can Invest into in 2025 🏗️
Nov 26, 2025

Why Design Systems Are a Great Skill Juniors Can Invest into in 2025 🏗️

How juniors can build credible design-system experience, even without a design-system team or a product job.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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What You Can (and Can’t) Show: Navigating NDAs in Your Portfolio 🔒
Oct 29, 2025

What You Can (and Can’t) Show: Navigating NDAs in Your Portfolio 🔒

How to showcase your work without breaking confidentiality — and a new free tool to help you check your NDA

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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How Recruiters and Hiring Managers Actually Look at Your Portfolio 👀
Oct 15, 2025

How Recruiters and Hiring Managers Actually Look at Your Portfolio 👀

Why knowing what happens on the other side changes how you should design it.

Florian Bölter
Florian Bölter
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