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Design Entrance Portfolios: What NID and NIFT Look For
Build a portfolio that shows thinking, not just polish.
Ayesha Khan
Law & Humanities Editor
· 7 min read
Table of contents
Build a portfolio that shows thinking, not just polish.
Process over product
Show sketches, iterations and failures alongside final work.
Observation skills
Daily sketching from life builds the observation skills studio tests reward.
Curate
Twelve strong pieces beat forty average ones.
Key takeaways
- 1Process over product
- 2Observation skills
- 3Curate
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Written by
Ayesha Khan
Law & Humanities Editor
Ayesha writes on CLAT, AILET and humanities programmes, and previously taught at a law school.