Folded Self-Mailer

DIRECT MAIL · VARIABLE DATA DESIGN

Direct mail marketing is rising, and businesses are looking for inexpensive ways to get in touch. Self-mailers provide an advantage over traditional letters and envelopes with more graphic real estate. Additionally, they can be printed on various substrates allowing for more creativity and interaction with the customer. For this project, the client wanted to advertise just how unique self-mailers can be while remaining inexpensive.

Working with the client, we decided to use a white label stock as the substrate and variable data to make personalized stickers. I wanted to create practical yet fun sticker designs relevant to the consumer. I illustrated each sticker design to correspond with the client's branding but included the customer's name and sales person's information to provide applicability. I created each sticker as a vector graphic in Adobe Illustrator but kept the variable data as text in Adobe InDesign.

ROLE

Graphic Design
Illustration

PROJECT TYPE

Folded Self-Mailer

SOFTWARE

Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator

Close up of the illustrated robot sticker on the self-mailer.

Close up of the illustrated robot sticker on the self-mailer.

Close up of the checklist sticker showing personalization.

Close up of the checklist sticker showing personalization.

Close up of the backer panel showing personalization.

Close up of the backer panel showing personalization.

Production

The stickers were printed on the label side and the mailing panel on the backer, producing the folded self-mailer design. Every sticker has a kiss-cut die line assuring that the laser cutter didn't cut through the backer. Additionally, the score lines in the middle create a cleaner fold when the piece is ready to be mailed. Each cut type is indicated with named spot colors on the production file. The < and > symbols indicate where the variable data should go and color-coded in magenta as a reference.

The flat size of the mailer is 11" tall by 8.5" wide, A-folded to 5.5" tall by 8.5" wide. It was printed on 2.3 mil white permanent BOPP synthetic label and mailed with two paper tabs to keep it closed.

Inside sticker panel indicating the cut lines and variable data. Information has been modified to protect cutomer identity.

Inside sticker panel indicating the cut lines and variable data. Information has been modified to protect customer identity.

Mailing panel indicating personalization and variable data. Information has been modified to protect customer identity.

Mailing panel indicating personalization and variable data. Information has been modified to protect customer identity.