Before making decisions on which type of fold to take further in to the next stage of the process and ultimately use for the fold of my final finished leaflet it was time to partake in some further research into all of the possible folds that could be used. As the decision has been made that the process of design is split up into the five main section but also that there is linking between the stages it was necessary to pick a type of fold of which allowed me to follow an almost linear order but also allowed for some over lapping in the sections and finally made the decision that due to the fact the leaflet will be made in the same style of my actual design process I have considered my limitations when it comes to how the leaflet could be printed such as the limitations of printing methods accessible to use it would be preferable to keep a sense on simplicity to the leaflet and therefore looking for a fold that fits the process appropriately but is also not over-complicated is very important for this design.
I found the image below of which is a display piece from a professional printing place to display the types of leaflet folds that they offer for printing, I thought this would be a good image to look at as because of the fact that its a professional printing place it gave to me an insight into what is usually used for leaflets almost whats the industry standard. As these are the industry standard they are more on the simple side as they aren't for anything special just for your standard leaflet printing meaning they will be fine for me to try and replicate for my leaflet.
We were showed a website called fold "factory.com" so I decided that I would use the website to learn more in-depth about a few more types of fold that I could possibly use for my leaflet.
Accordion Fold
The first type of fold I decided to look at was an accordion fold of which is really a simple fold for leaflet that would mean it would be easy for me to recreate. The accordion fold would be a good choice for my leaflet as it is a very simple fold but also due to the nature of the shape of the fold it to can hold masses of information while still being able to fold up to a very small and compact shape. The accordion shape although simple can be made more intricate by adding a few different aspects to the fold for example it can be measured so the folds of the accordion form a stepped leaflet like in the image below. This can be further changed by adding a wrap around on the end of the stepped accordion.
Closed Gate
The next fold of which I looked in to is the closed gate fold where the page is split into four vertical sections these are folded from the outside of the paper into the centre to create what is already known as an open gate fold but to distinguish it the outside are then folded together so they are touching to turn it into a leaflet that would initially open like a book and then once opened once then opens like and open gate leaflet.
This is yet again another simple fold for a leaflet that would be reasonable for me to recreate but also allow enough space in the leaflet to display detailed information on unlike some of the more intricate folds of which in my eyes don't hold enough information for the need of this brief.
Horizontal Roll Mailer
The final type of fold that I decided to take a more in-depth look at is the horizontal roll mailer fold. I decided to look at this fold as this was yet again another simpler fold of which allowed ease of recreation when I get to the stage but also a fold of which is in my limitations with printing and shape while yet again allowing me to display a high amount of information of which I believe is necessary for the nature of this brief.
The fold works by folding the decided width into an amount of sections, e.g 4 in the pictures below, the divided sections are then folded one at a time from right to left leaving the last section to be folded round left to right to create almost a cover for the leaflet.
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