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I have been playing with means of folding one 11"x17" sheet into a potential booklet/poster/objet. Here's the best plan I have so far.

The elements I like here are as follows. One side is never a "reading side" and thus is suitable for a large map or other image. Also, the folding (and unfolding) is fairly intuitive.

The primary limitation I find is that there are diagonal text spaces, which will increase layout tension and require more effort, possibly, to read.

Hopefully you'll all find the images clear.

Here is the closed booklet. It is a book-like square, a bit less than five inches on a side. Please ignore sloppy folding.

The booklet opens into this. The outer corners are from the image side, the internal triangle is text.

The triangle folds down, revealing more text and the top third of the poster or map.

A fold out and down from the left reveals two more text panels.

The same again reveals two more, the last.

The text triangle opens to reveal the rest of the image side.

The reverse side is a bit chaotic. Also, the rear cover of the folded sheet is available for more material.