Best of Fold of the Week: Gate Folds
Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2024 with Episode 4 of my special “Best of” series highlighting fan favorites and my picks for the best of what we’ve seen across 15 years and 655 shows.
This week, I’ve got the best of Gate Folds. Gates are a classic folded format with lots of potential for variation and creativity. I’ve narrowed my selection down to five powerful solutions:
- We’ll see examples of Gate Folds for direct mail, higher education, sports, and special events, which will give you a feel for the creative range of the format.
- Gate Folds can be very practical, but you can also take this format and turn it into something that is wildly creative and fun to interact with.
And that's Episode 4 - I hope you enjoyed it. I’ll see you in two weeks for episode #5! Thanks for watching and — I appreciate you.
How were these samples produced?
Folding Style: Assorted Gate Folds
Sample #1: ProGraphics Communications for World Financial Group Canada
Sample #2: Stensland Design for Monteray-Salinas Transit / Community Printers
Sample #3: Pageworks for Calvin University
Sample #4: Graphic Visual Solutions with Wildfire for Wake Forest University Athletics
Sample #5: Bennett Graphics with Phen (designer) for MGM National Harbor
Budget Rating: Low – High
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.
