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Matt Sellers - What a top 1% design portfolio looks like

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Dive Club 🤿
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Jan 21, 2026
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1990
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Summary

Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers . So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it actually takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups. He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from. Some highlights: Why Matt removed 80%+ of his work What made Matt's micro copy so effective How Matt built his micro animations in Framer The finer details of Matt’s portfolio and micro-interactions How Matt changed his portfolio strategy and why it worked What it takes to make your portfolio an experience rather than a catalog a lot more Nad Chishtie’s episode