Introduction

Although most people have computers to save and organise their work they still use folders to store and carry around work and projects. Teachers and students are the most common groups to do this however business men still use folders to store and transport their work and the work of the business. Folders are also used in shops to store documents used for the general running and organising of the store, however, in these uses, the folders being used tend to break if used constantly; meaning that the customer has to buy a new one. I know this through my own experiences of being at school and now university where my folders bend and eventually cant even hold the papers it’s supposed to securely. This can cause problems in the work place as important papers could quite easily be lost once the folder has been bent. Which into will add cost to the business as well as they will need to buy a new folder due to the fairly short life spare of the folder under constant use by shop owners, student and teachers.

The following project has been conducted to find out whether there is a better way to design the folder through materials or even the design of ring binders and other types of folders most commonly used.