PAISATGES: fold-out Alcoi postcards for Xanselvatica
Collaborative project, Design and production consultancy
Gifts and keepsakes
Stationery and graphic materials
Cutting and fretwork, Creasing and scoring, Folding, bending and curving
Solid board and paperboard
The project
PAISATGES is a series of Alcoi postcards that visitors can take home as a keepsake of the city. Illustrator Xanselvatica turned to Archicercle for manufacturing advice on these fold-out pieces, which bring together an intricate cut-out cityscape and the movement of a concertina.
The composition combines an arched bridge and cut-out buildings with the name ALCOI. As the postcard unfolds, its separate planes place the urban elements in front of one another; the folds become part of how the cityscape is presented and explored.
The postcards were laser-manufactured from 0.5 mm kraft paperboard. The cuts define both the outlines and the small openings within the composition, forming the details of bridges and buildings.
Fine engraving along the vertical lines allows the paperboard to fold in both directions and create the concertina structure. Archicercle’s documented contribution focused on manufacturing advice for Xanselvatica’s postcards, rather than the design of the series.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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