Credo: week 6 mockup

The outside package and folders

I have a couple of issues with the outside bowing, so I will need to remake the box with a different pattern to alleviate the problem.

At the moment, the outside box is just bursting with colour (which was a lot of fun to make – fingerpainting with acrylic paint and then I went into Photoshop to break it up into abstract shapes, the “coming together of many pieces for the bigger picture”). Because of this, I’m going to tone it down a little. Apparently the outside box can do without a name, so it will end up being a plain black box. I may put my logo on there in some form however.

I’m going to try single colours for the folders, probably two colours chosen from the current pattern. The pattern will still be on the front of the concertina folded sections within the folder, to be more of a build-up to a surprise. The “I am Sarah” part will be going as well, as it’s just too “in your face” right now.

The names on the folders won’t change.

Inside the folder: sections and paper

The inside of the folder will probably change to black, for the pages to stand out more (as well as the coloured front pages). I’m finding the text on the back is a little large at 11pt currently, so I’m going to go down to 10pt and see if that makes any difference.

The paper I’ve used is “Environment” from Paperpoint, and it’s served me well. It prints beautifully on my inkjet printer, which also goes to say I’m saving a lot of money in digital printing and travelling there!

Folio and CD sections

The folio is fine as is. My only issue here is the folio not staying folded when the folder is closed, so I may have to find some kind of mechanism to keep it closed. Magnets? Velcro? Ribbon?

The CD folder will be black inside (with reversed-out text) to match the other folder.

CD Calendar

Here is January, just as an example. They are A3-sized PDF documents users can print out and use as poster calendars. I made sure the boxes have white backgrounds and are large enough for short notes to be user-friendly.