BREAKING IN® Over 100 Product Designers Reveal How to Build a Portfolio That Will Get You Hired

BREAKING IN® helps you build the portfolio you need to get the job you want. With advice from over 100 product design luminaries, BREAKING IN® gives you an unfair advantage over the rest.


• Get specific advice from the exact people you want to work for.

• Learn what Creative Directors are looking for in your portfolio.

• Avoid the common traps that most portfolios fall into.


BREAKING IN® contains interviews with:


Yves Behar, fuseproject

Chris Bangle, Chris Bangle Associates

Ralph Gilles, Chrysler

Moray Callum, Ford

Neil Brooker, DesignworksUSA

Blaise Bertrand, IDEO

Jonas Damon, frog

Robert Brunner, Ammunition

Jason Mayden, Brand Jordan, Nike

Michael Young, Michael Young

Mike Simonian, Mike & Maaike

Kyle Swen, Astro Studios

Gadi Amit, NewDealDesign

Don Norman, Nielsen Norman Group

Jonah Becker, HTC

Howard Nuk, Samsung North America

Dan Harden, Whipsaw

Sohrab Vossoughi, Ziba

Dick Powell, Seymourpowell

Michael DiTullo, DEI Holdings

Laurene Leon Boym, Boym Partners

Allan Chochinov, core77.com & SVA

Felicia Ferrone, fferrone design

Sigi Moeslinger & Masamichi Udagawa, Antenna Design

David Fellah, DesignIt

Paul Bradley, frog

Alfonso Albaisa, Infiniti

Achim Badstuebner, Mercedes-Benz

Alberto Villarreal, Google

Gianfranco Zaccai, Continuum

Maarten Baas, Studio Maarten Baas

Klaus Tritschler, ICON Aircraft

Christopher Chapman, Hyundai

Max Burton, MATTER

Donald Strum, Michael Graves Design Group

Derek Jenkins, Mazda

Stuart Macey, Hyundai & Author of H Point

Stuart Karten, Karten Design

Ravi Sawhney, RKS Design

Brad Richards, Ford

Ernesto Quinteros, Johnson & Johnson

Nasahn Sheppard, REI

Todd Ellis, Puma

Ken Musgrave, Dell

Jerome Mage, Mage Design

Luca Casini, Luca Casini Design Studio

Branko Lukic, NONOBJECT

Klaus Rosburg, SONIC Design

Curt Bailey, Sundberg-Ferar

RitaSue Siegel, RitaSue Siegel Resources

Imre Molnar, College for Creative Studies

Bob Worrell, Worrell

Bodo Sperlein, Bodo Sperlein

Pip Tompkin, Pip Tompkin Design

Harm-Willem Hogenbirk & Marc Nagel, Pilotfish

Robert Arko, A+O

Edwin James, PSA Peugeot Citroen

Brian Ling, Design Sojourn

Andrew Deming & Rachel Gant, Yield Design

Chelsia Lau, Ford

Rhys Newman, HERE/Nokia

Bryon Fitzpatrick, College for Creative Studies

Bill Barranco, Autovision

Eric Chan, ECCO Design

Philip Leung, Altitude

Brian Stephens, Design Partners

Tylor Garland, Boombang

Marianne Grisdale, TEAMS Design

Paul Hatch, TEAMS Design

Roland Boal, Priestmangoode Design China

Mary Reid, Kohler

Michiel Knoppert, Dell

Myk Lum, LDA

Fritz Frenkler, f/p design

Christopher Benjamin, Chrysler

Adam Bazydlo, Ford

Mugendi M’Rithaa, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Lindsay White Funk, Vans

Brian Kutsch, Lacoste

Todd Herlitz, Radio Flyer

Julie Heard, Mixer Design Group

Dr. Mark Breitenberg, Art Center

Anton Ljunggren, BioLite

Chris Zarlenga, Hyundai

Ronald Lewerissa, FLEX/the INNOVATIONLAB

Paul Backett, Evolve Collaborative

Demetrius Romanos, Targus

Rajat Shail, Honeywell

Matthew Paprocki, Goodhatch

Tom Matano, Academy of Art University

Gary Natsume, Magic Leap

Tjeerd Veenhoven, Studio Tjeerd Veenhoeven

Lambert Kamps, Lambert Kamps Art & Design

Craig Vogel, DAAP: University of Cincinnati

Jason Hill, Founder, Eleven

Alexander Pelikan, PeLiDesign

Thomas Degn, Umea Institute of Design

Kim Karlsrud, COMMONstudio

Matt Corrall, DNV GL

Leonardo Massarelli, Questto|No

Daniel Tomicic, Scuderia Zagreb

Cathy Karry, Art Center

Thornton Lothrop, Design Central

Anne Marie Boutin, APCI

Pam Nyberg, Humana