OUGD504 / STUDIO BRIEF 01 / FOLD EXPERIMENTS

Before creating the design digitally, it is important to experiment with folding first to get an idea of different folds. Here are various examples of different folds I practiced with to see which had interesting shapes and structures. The aim was to abandon the commercial aspect for this workshop and be as engaged and creative as possible.

The incline tab variation fold is interesting as it resembles mountains or a set of stairs, ascending upwards as it folds. This could be an interesting way of displaying text or colour, and when stood up it would have a visually stunning structure. This is not as common as a half fold or a tri fold commercially but it is unique and reasonably simple to produce.

The accordion fold is simple to make, and can have as many 'pages' as you  want. It is a great way to display information and can be double sided. The accordion fold can be landscape or portrait. It is a widely used fold in commercial printing as it is easily created by measuring evenly and scoring, then folding.

A very simplistic half fold with a shorter cut cover. Here I tried to put a different slant on probably the easiest and most popular fold which is featured a lot commercially as it is the most simple to use and produce. Here, the inner content is exposed which could make some interesting design, through use of text or other elements in the digital design process.