Presentation folders play an important role in marketing; they are used for document management and brand establishment. Therefore, businesses are always on the lookout for people who can create folder designs that will effectively sell their products and services.
As a designer, you need more than the standard creativity to be able to create folder designs with unique competitive advantages.
For a folder design to impress, it must be able to embody business processes while still having an aesthetic appeal. Of course, it’s never easy to create that balance. You may rack your brains for hours on end and still have nothing but a an empty canvas. What you need more than anything else is inspiration. So, lo and behold, we might just have the key to get those creative juices flowing! Check out our roundup of 21 custom folder design ideas to get your needed dose of artistic rush!
This is a guest post from Joan Esperida. Joan is a blogger who loves digital art. She enjoys surfing the internet to find inspiration for her own vector artwork. She writes about tips on designing and printing folders on the UPrinting Blog.
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Very impressive printing. Trying to get something printed here locally and put together that well will probably cost you some money. Looks beautiful in terms of design, but in terms of mass producing and distributing, I am not sure.
Its looking so good, Very nice and very useful. thanks for sharing all these folder design
The folder designs are really awesome. They play an important role document management and brand establishment.
Thats a way to impress customers and to establish business.
Thanks for sharing the designs.
Awesome.
They look awesome. I’d love to have one of these haha.
Some great designs in this collection, it’s been quite a while since I’ve worked on a folder… Always used to be quite problematic at the printers, don’t really miss working on them!
wow.. those are cool. perfectly a great inspiring source.
Loved some, others not so much. Nice list though.
Looks like I need to upgrade mime now. I use simply use a hard cover paper with my business name on it and then punch holes and bound everything together. Better presentation shall sell easier.
Great stuff – thanks for the ideas.
David.
Nice collection of portfolios. It is important to remember how long paper actually lasts
Good stuff to keep around.
These folders must be expensive. I dont have much budget, but I will always try to present something cost effective and eye candy !
These are great! Thanks for sharing…love the third from top!
Wow nice collection. One way to stand out from the competition. Thanks for sharing!
Some intresting folders there. Alot of them would be a little to far out for some of the clients that I have. It can some times be hard to get a client to brake from the norm with something like this expecially when it does not look as impressive on the screen as when it is printed, shaped and folded the way that it should look.
Some really nice design here, I particularly like the orange “THEN” design.
Great designs, but won´t they be “expensive” , I guess not all companies can pay folders like that.
Anyway they are great
Amazing samples for folder designs which will help us to impress the clients. Thank you so much for your great ideas by sharing this sweet stuff.
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Where can you get folders actually designed and printed like these? I need some for my company but can’t find anywhere that prints folders.
Yes, some amazing folder designs, as ‘chris hart’ said, please share with us where you got these folder designs from, email me if you can and let me know, i am very interested in getting these done. I love the ‘Hello’ one, i think that is really cool.
At the end of the day these folders are truely what sells you, so they need to look amazing.
These are some really nice designs – I never put much thought into folder design but seeing these has really inspired me.
Thanks
Great post, very helpful, I have to say that if ones web site like this on of Target was so unhelpful to the client using it, why would this client come back, or even tell anyone else to use it. This can be very damaging to a business in the long run.
I love looking at folder designs and these are great. I really like the second folder design with ‘hello’ on it.
superb collection. couple of months ago i have been searching for some nice ideas, while designing CD and Folder covers but couldnt find anything good. this collection will remain in my fav list untill the next assignment
These are brilliant, do the companies themselves design them, or is this a job for a separate designer? Where do you go to get things like this printed?
Hat off to them, they must have taken some work!
Great work. I particularaly like simplicity of the design of the BT Fleet item.
Awesome Collection. Thanks for sharing
An awesome collection of folder designs…..Unqiue Collection!!!
Folder designs become a big brand of the market but we have to do some extra work on it.
Although I work more in digital now I do still really enjoy looking at print and a post like this is just the thing I enjoy looking at. I am now trying to think of a project where I will need some folders just so that I can have a go in my own time. If you are needing to present a project then I think it is important to give off the right impression, including the choice of folder that you have. I really like the ‘hello’ folder as its something a little different. I also like the Nic folder due to the printing techniques and effects that are used. Embossing like that can really make an impact.
Nice design, there was a good tutorial like this on nettuts as well.
Awesome! Good collection of folder designs
I like all Folder designs thanks for sharing good stuff here.
Great collection love the 3rd & 5th one from the top.
Awesome presentation folder designs! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing all these Good collection of folder designs
these are amazing! So beautiful and well created! Thank you for sharing!
All are awesome and color combination can makes your thing work any where.
Amazing collections of folders and lovely designs. Impressed with your efforts!
Great designs looks more trendy. The folder designs are really awesome. Thanks for sharing the designs.
The folder designs are really awesome. I like all Folder designs thanks for sharing good stuff here.
Nice designs of folders; some are really amazing thanks for share these types of nice designs here.
These folders are stunning! Absolutely incredible. It makes me feel slightly cheap using my plastic ring bind folders
I’m definitely going to look into this though, particularly for when we have stools at corporate events etc.
Loving the folder designs. Always been big fans of spot UV varnish and weird cutter-formes
I’m extremely impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your weblog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Anyway keep up the nice quality writing, it is rare to see a great blog like this one today..
The folder designs are great! I’ve found with so many online clients that it’s not necessary to have a printed folder. However for all my offline clients using nicely designed folders has always had good benefits.
Thats really cool. Thanks
Some very neat folders there. Good work with the design.
Very cool presentation folders, especially the 9th one down, the one with “GLOBYA” written on the top left corner.
Ohhh! I like the blue Globya one!….thanks nice collection
Very impressive.
Globya or the one above it are the best ones.
can someone tell me how to create folders like these?
What webs tie/ company would I use? i can’t seem to find anything anywhere,
Thanks!
Awesome designs i like THEN
Looks profesional..
Love it
All this printings look great and impressive.Good and nice look. Thanks for the design.
Very impressive collection.
unique ideas, great designs for graphic designers
I agree with you that Presentation folders play an important role in marketing. For that I will use these kind of folder design for my business. Thanks for posting important information .