My Design Process - Research - OUGD504

I really like the minimalist design on this foldout poster, I think the aesthetic goes with the fold, in that both of which are very simple. This poster folds neatly into 8 sections.

This Graphic Design is apart of a series of posters done by Korean design duo Sulki Choi and Min Choi. They were done for an art festival and I really like how the simple fold is used to integrate the text and give a layered effect to the posters. I think it's an interesting concept, having the information on the back of a poster, but is intended to appear on the front by being folded. People should experiment with ideas like this more, I think we assume all posters to be rectangular because of how the majority of posters appear in that format. Interesting shapes can be created from folds such as this. 

I really like the idea of having a cover for my folded leaflet. This fold above is ideal for a cover and it's something I would like to experiment with. It looks quite simple, so it wouldn't be too hard to try out. 

The fold here uses a computer cursor icon on the front cover, the fold follows the outline of the cursor too. Once it opens a 3-dimensional cursor pops up.

I think this is quite clever. If I created a leaflet in a similar format I could use an icon associated with my process and cut around it's outline on the cover. I also love the use of white ink on cardboard/brown paper stock.

I like how this is only one piece of paper that folds into a format that almost acts as a small magazine. I wouldn't use this for my own design process as I'm not going to put in that much information, however for future projects I may have to come back to this one.

One piece of paper is used here to create an interesting fold, which looks like an envelope. I'm currently interested in folds that fold out into one piece of paper, because of their simplicity. I don't want to use something too complex for my fold, although I don't want something too easy. A fold like this would be ideal for what I want to achieve with my leaflet. I  would like to come across more methods similar to this and experiment with them.

I like the use of angles at the top and how it follows through the rest of the folds, going up and down again. This fold reminds me of a restaurant menu. A lot of information can also be implemented on this type of fold.

This example is more packaging than folding, however the way the design opens and closes is innovative. You have to break the seal of the perforated sticker to open to package, which Is clever.

Before the label is removed, the upper and lower panel are locking the envelope, protecting the content. This format of packaging with slits and folds could be used for this project to create a similar interactive fold. I want to make my leaflet interactive and enable to users to unravel something rather than unfold something.

I like how this begins as a photographic book/magazine format, which looks very clean. Then it folds out again and then folds from the top and bottom revealing more images and information. This fold out has architectural content that works well with the fold, as its rigid and angled at the top and bottom.

The colorplan envelope/booklets from GF Smith have great layouts and sections inside. The booklet below has pages cut and presented in different angular ways. They may not be folds, but the use of angular pages and creative layouts to display the colours/papers is relevant to the brief.