Finishing - Conventional

This week's selection is truly original. It's an admissions piece for the University of Toronto Scarborough, designed by their in-house marketing team. The piece is meant to convert admitted students to enrolled students, and we think they're making a compelling statement!

Creative folded formats can show up in the most unexpected places. This week's selection is an incredibly unique and functional solution that was utilized for a direct mailer that was distributed by Marlboro.

This week's featured format is a super-creative idea that solves a longstanding design problem: How can you tuck additional panels into a pop-up format? Finch Paper solved the problem by combining a closed gate format with a V-format pop-up and trimming the fold-in gate panels at the angle of the pop-up.

This week's featured format is a special event invitation with eye-catching diecuts and a smart idea that will prevent your response materials from falling on your prospective guests' laps!

Heidelberg’s recently launched Stahlfolder BH/CH series of professional buckle plate and combination folders offers high productivity.

This week's folding treat is a fabulous idea from down under. Designed by Welcome to the Fold and produced by Platypus Graphics, both of Brisbane, Australia, this compact folded business card makes a great first impression.

This week's super-cool format takes the shape of a gorgeous brochure wrap. Therapeutical workshop center, ONSITE, wanted an elegant way to send their annual brochure, so they enlisted studio haus of Nashville to dream up the design.

Tell me your thoughts and concerns for your finishing operation, and I’ll summarize them all for my follow-up column next week!

This week's selection is a real standout. It's a holiday card for the Kellogg School of Management, and it's a hybrid format that combines the strongest characteristics of both the gate fold and the tulip fold to create a new and exciting format—with beautiful design by Lindsay C Anderson and impeccable production by Lake County Press.

Digital printer vendors have something of a natural preference for running their presses in "print only" mode with nothing extra attached to potentially gum up the works. But the very nature of continuous inkjet (no plates, very short back-to-back runs) argues strongly for integrating finishing so that a complete product can come out the end with little labor involved.