A portfolio that does not look generated

A portfolio is judged on taste before it is read, which is a hard thing to automate. Lumen builds from a design direction chosen up front — the type pairing, the grid, the amount of motion — so the result is a coherent piece of design rather than a theme with your name in it.

Free to build and look at. No card until you want your own domain.

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Independent designerswiss archive. This is the design direction the prompt asks for, not a stock screenshot.

What the site comes with

Not a blank theme with sections you fill in later. Lumen writes each of these with real content for your business, and you change any of it afterwards by saying so in chat.

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The design direction

Swiss archivestrict grid, generous white, no ornament. The palette, the type pairing and the amount of motion are decided together, which is the difference between a design and a colour scheme.

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Questions portfolios ask

Can I have a page per project?

Yes. Name the projects in the prompt and each gets its own case-study page, linked from the index. Add more later by asking in chat.

Can I change the design if I do not like it?

Yes, and specifically — "tighten the grid", "use a serif for headings", "less motion". Lumen edits the design system rather than rebuilding the site, so your content survives the change.

Can I put it on my own domain?

Yes. Lumen walks you through pointing a domain you own at the site, or publishes it on a lumensite.in address if you have not bought one yet.

Not quite your trade?

None of these? Describe your business in a sentence — Lumen does not need a template to exist first.

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