This Industrial Design Portfolio Got Him a Job Right Out of School: Ep 3 with Christopher Negrete

In this video, Christopher Negrete and I check out the industrial design portfolio of Aaron Weeks. Aaron and Christopher both graduated in the same year, and were classmates together at California College of the Arts. I had the privilege of teaching both Christopher and Aaron at CCA. This is Aaron's portfolio from his junior year. His portfolio upon graduating was even better!

John Mauriello has been working professionally as an industrial designer since 2010. He is an Adjunct Professor of industrial design at California College of the Arts.

[ibraheemmonks]

You mentioned at the end this is the best portfolio you have seen from a junior level designer, I'm curious what the best portfolio OVERALL that you have seen it must be absolutely insane! I wonder if you could make a video going through it.

[tjlow]

This is really amazing to see. I actually interned alongside Aaron at Western Digital (I was in UX/UI Design) and I wondered why they picked him. WD isn’t afraid of complex designs that call for advanced skills from even the most junior designers, and they made a smart choice with Aaron.

This also showed me how valuable schools like CCA are for real-world practicality. My ID program was fine at best, but you really had to reach far to learn the adequate skills to be a competitive professional. Love this video and the series, helps everyone out a ton. Keep it up.

[Smail]

I created a lot of different projects and soon I will be looking for a job in this field. Making a good quality portfolio does make a difference. I hope for the best.

[aasthaaggarwal]

This is an absolutely inspirational portfolio for an industrial designer to aim and goal for. thanks a ton for uploading this video!

Just a suggestion.

You might wanna rethink where the mic and iPad are place, because from this angle, it looks like Chris's view of the iPad is completely obstructed by microphone.

[acexl]

Another great installment to this great Series. Thank you so much for your hard work and thank you Aaron Christopher for their courage to put themselves out there for out collective benefit.

[sshlokmishra]

Thank you for this ultra informative video, looking forward to more of these...

[stephenwilliams]

Great video, helpful as always, thanks.

[alexflores]

holy guacamole, really well executed portfolio and model making from Aaron and Christopher; Does your university have some kind of focus in model making?, or its just special students like Aaron and Christopher?

Valuable insight from this one, thanks a lot.

[michaljanovsky]

looking forward to more of this series!

[AlexanderHer]

I am kind of curious how one makes a model like that? I just graduated from ID school but never was taught that or even shown a model that great like these

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5:58 I just noticed the Brooks running shoes logos in the middle of the shoes midsole. lol?

[basyusuksataporn]

Cool font, could you please let me know what font you used for your thumbnail?

[Aditya_paniker]

Thank you for reviewing this portfolio
How do you arrange your work,
best work in the beginning or at the end?

[harshithiyer]

Can you make a video on how to make a portfolio or slide? Like what software can we can use to make a portfolio like this? How to design the template or from where can we choose existing templates? etc...

[sahasraayarra]

What website is used for model making?

[matthewnour]

Who else is still trying to get a job after graduating? 😭🙋‍♂️

[mostlymessingabout]

It should be called "very shallow depth of field" inlieu of "very high depth of field"

[MegaChickenmuffin]

What would you say are the limits of industrial design, would for an example more complex machines like electric bikes or cars still be in the realm of an industrial designer?

[amitkumarmahato]

What are the softwares that he used to do these renderings ??