Wrapped Accordion Composite Coupon Mailer: 60-Second Fold of the Week (Video)
This week's featured format is a versatile design with a smart little detail that we think you're going to like. It's a promotional mailer for Belk, and it's a composite format that merges a four-page shell with a tipped-in three-panel accordion fold. The trick, however, is in the diecut little coupon that acts as a little handle to pull the accordion out.
The coupon-as-handle idea makes the coupon very tempting to tear off and save almost immediately. The format works with the accordion tipped in, but it could also easily be produced as a one-piece wrapped accordion format with a diecut coupon instead. Great idea!
Trish Witkowski shares her super-cool folding samples and helpful production tips. View the "60-second Super-cool Fold of the Week" archive at www.foldfactory.com.
Trish Witkowski is Chief Folding Fanatic at the online community foldfactory.com. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design and a master of science degree in Graphic Arts Publishing from Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Printing Management and Sciences (now the School of Print Media).
An award-winning designer, Trish held the position of creative director for a Baltimore-based agency for six years, and has taught design and desktop publishing at the college level. She has a specialized expertise in the area of folding and is the creator of the FOLDRite™ system, a 2004 GATF InterTech™ Technology Award winner.
Trish frequently publishes articles for graphic arts industry publications, and has written three books on the topic of folding: A Field Guide to Folding, Folding for the Graphic Arts: A Teacher's Handbook, and FOLD: The Professional's Guide to Folding.
