Stepped Accordions
Promote your business step by step with the Stepped Accordion. A designer product by Foldfactory, this custom fold keeps the movement going as each tapered panel stretches out. Revealing more as it zigzags, its panels create a stepped edge that lets the accordion open easily. Use this unique fold for printing event programs or personalized greeting cards, marketing brochures or brand guides. You can even design folded mailers to reach customers directly.
Sarah Lawrence
Black Button Distilling
Black Button Distilling
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Product Information
- Customizable by paper stock and finish
- Available as one- or two-sided
- Dimensions:
- Folded: 5”W x 7”H
- Unfolded: 28-1/8”W x 7”H
- Variable data printing lets you design and print multiple versions personalized for a specific customer or topic
- Versions feature lets you print various designs with the same stock and finish to vary content on multiple stepped accordions
- Must be mailed in an envelope
- Order fulfillment services including list acquisition, list processing, addressing and/or mailing via Custom Quote
- Common uses: Special events, self-promotion, greeting cards, marketing collateral, direct mail, specialty/novelty projects, academic and business brochures, youth mission programs, brand guides
- Take a deep dive: Unveil the Unexpected: Marketing with Designer Folds, Stepped Accordion: Create Enviable Marketing Brochures, Variable Data Printing: How to Personalize Your Marketing
- Learn more: Small Format Paper Stocks, Coated Paper Stocks vs. Uncoated Paper Stocks, Text Weight vs. Cover Weight, Black vs. Full-Color Ink, UV Coating, Understanding Envelope Sizes, Mailing Permits, Designer Folds FAQ
- Watch: Stepped Accordions
Trish’s Tip: “This is one of the most versatile formats. The steps (or tabs) can each carry text to organize information or feature imagery or different colors to set them apart from each other. If your color breaks are on the folds, you may want to extend the color or image to the right of the fold mark by a hair to be sure your color covers the edge of the tab and the fold itself.”
-Trish Witkowski, Foldfactory founder
Warning: This product may expose you to chemicals such as Carbon Black, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, or Toluene, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Project Resources
Download the reference template zip file below to help create your Stepped Accordion design.
Want to mail your design? Download a reference layout guide below to help create your mailing envelope.