As a graphic designer straight out of school, I needed to make myself noticed. So by putting myself in a news-worthy format,
I could make it a play on me being "fresh off the press" and topical for the design studios I handed it out to.- Ragne Balteskard
New designers should be treated as good news. That was my first thought when I set out to design my own portfolio. In a field where most of us has a online portfolio and the easiest thing to do is send a link or a pdf, I wanted to make a little something extra to try and stand out from the crowd.
-Ragne Balteskard
The thought about being new in the game, isn't always easy to handle. Lot's of competition and most of that competition has experience.
So with that in mind, I wanted to prove that it was a good thing being new and fresh, and straight out of design school. By putting myself in a newsworthy format, I could make it a play on me being both "fresh off the press", and most importantly topical for the design studios I handed it out to.- Ragne Balteskard
A newspaper is something most of us read to stay up to date on subjects we find interesting, and it's also something that often keeps laying around.
It was the ideal way for me to present myself as both a designer to keep an eye on and to stand out from the crowd.- Ragne Balteskard
About Ragne Balteskard
Ragne Balteskard is a graphic designer from the north of Norway. She studied Graphic Design at Westerdals School of Arts, Communication and Technology — Oslo.
After a year of freelancing in Oslo, she now works in a small design studio in Bergen, Norway. As a designer, she has a minimalistic and Scandinavian style, and thrive when she gets to design clean and well curated projects. Her goal is to tell stories, capture the essence of her nordic roots, and to never stop pushing forward. See more of her work at www.ragnebalteskard.no and her Behance profile.