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andysain
03-23-2007, 05:04 PM
Hi All,
I am new to this forum and shall be visiting everyday from now on as you guys really have your heads screwed on and screwed into your Mac's!
I work for a Design Agency and have been given the task of finding a sexy technique for folding an A1 poster.
The folding technique needs to be quite original and folds out in a logical manner but suitable for a production run of 25,000 plus...
Anyone have any ideas/tutorials? I would be really interested in knowing it as soon as you can, I hope you all can help me out as one day I will help you guys too!!
Thanks
A
jimking
03-23-2007, 05:16 PM
Welcome to GDF andysain! Any diecutting involved? Or will it be square or rectangler. If diecutting is involved, the sky's the limit I would imagine.
andysain
03-23-2007, 05:22 PM
Hi, thanks for the reply!!
No diecutting at all, just a funky folding technique required if anyone has any ideas, it's for an architectual company! needs to fold to under a4 size possibly a5 to insert into magazines. rectangular design
Drazan
03-23-2007, 05:23 PM
first thing I thought of was origami. It may not be directly applied, but it may get the ideas flowing to find a creative solution.
http://www.origami-instructions.com/
andysain
03-23-2007, 05:25 PM
yes i have tired to origami route but its all too complex for this job
jimking
03-23-2007, 05:27 PM
Will it bind into a magazine? Saddlestitch or perfectbind?
have you thought about map folding? I did a project using a variation of this once once (abeit for smaller than A1). Is it piece that has to work as an actual A1 poster or could you reformat it into panels so they fold out in sequence? It'll be really clever if you got it work on both levels.
Mine was a concept for a brochure for a holiday cottage so as each panel folded out a different panel revealed a new section of info then once open there was a second, simpler fold-out in the centre with photo's on velium paper. The difficult part was working out the flow-i.e. the order people would unfold in so as to properly order the info, but I really enjoy this interaction side of graphic design (must be the industrial designer in me coming out!).
frankster
03-23-2007, 10:25 PM
something like this would be interesting, but you wouldn't get from A4 to A1, The most you would manage with this is A4 to A2...
http://www.structuralgraphics.com/website/gallery/index.php?strWebAction=project_detail&intProjectID=138
Broacher
03-24-2007, 11:19 AM
There's so many interesting ways to make folds--but at that run length, you can narrow it down considerably by talking prices. There are only a handful of places that can automate folding outside the routine, and a few more that simply ship it off to low-wage land (Structural Graphics, as an example from above-- their plant is in Mexico).
Also, conceptually/strategically. If there was a campaign metaphor, or message, or something to tie in the fold choice, that might make you fold choice selection easier, or at least directional.
Oops. Sorry, ignore this post. I just realized I don't have my head screwed tightly into my Mac!
Mostly because I don't have, or have never owned one!
Unless you don't mind a head that's just simply screwed?
frankster
03-24-2007, 05:35 PM
Oops. Sorry, ignore this post. I just realized I don't have my head screwed tightly into my Mac!
Mostly because I don't have, or have never owned one!
Unless you don't mind a head that's just simply screwed?
Me Neither, but then I wouldn't screw my head to my PC either, because it's under my desk and I wouldn't be able to see the monitor.
I've never ordered owt from structural graphics and I know they do all the construction in Mexico, but It was the only place online that I found quickly with a good photo of that exploding out fold.