Not a slip-up: Taylor Box Co. designs an innovative slipcase in a three-panel folder box to hold house plans for penthouse condominiums
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These boxes are presented to clients in initial meetings with architects. Taylor Box, Warren, R.I., won the National Paperbox Association rigid box best of show award for its Mandarin Boston Pre-Sales Box last spring.

Magnets are embedded in the slipcase and folder board under the wrap to create a clean-looking and smooth closure. The red tassel pull and debossed pattern help make an elegant presentation. The interior is offset printed with exterior blind deboss.

In February 2003, Signature Impressions, a print brokerage firm, was working with a designer in Boston on this project and needed to find a custom box manufacturer to assist with finalizing the design and manufacturing the boxes, says Julie Phillips, Taylor Box marketing manager.

Signature Impressions approached Taylor Box with its original structure in mind. Taylor Box worked with the firm to design a box that would run on Taylor's equipment by changing the style of the box from a two-panel hinged lid to a three-panel hinged lid (with one panel covering the entire back of the box). The box went into production in May 2003. It holds architectural drawings and a brochure of the real estate.

The slipcase is a two-piece board, one-piece wrap made on a slipcase line. The folder is wrapped on a case maker and tipped by hand. The outer wrap is a Strathmore grandee Ivory 80 pound text. The inside liner is printed red and gold on a coated text. The box is embossed on the entire face of the box and there is a magnetic closure. A steel plate and magnet are embedded in the box to create a flush surface.