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CD Packaging: How to Conceptualize a Creative CD Packaging

CD packaging plays a very vital role in the music retail industry. Aside from its obvious function which is to protect and store CDs, the CD packaging has lots of other functions. It increases product sales, defines a band’s image, and many others. If you are a designer or if you are a musician who wants to create his own CD packaging, here is a step-by-step guide that you might find useful.

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james

18 February 2010

James Hill

CD Packaging of the Week: PTM’s Satanic Satanist

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Portugal.The Man’s fourth album, The Satanic Satanist’s packaging features the band guitarist Gourley’s trademark surreal, psychedelic-era drawings. Gourley wanted to make an album package without the plastic so he and designer Austin came up with a colorful Origami-like cut-outs made of paper.
What is more amazing is that they’re doing it completely on their own [...]

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Marion Isobel

30 July 2009

Marion Isobel

Advertising Is Dead: Long Live Packaging

ShareThe Dieline’s Ted Mininni explains the importance of packaging in standing out to consumers.
Stand in the aisle of any major supermarket or mass retailer in America and notice in numerous product categories, many brands are indistinguishable from each other. If your brand looks like the rest of the product brands in the category, an overhaul [...]

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Chris Bauer

16 March 2009

Chris Bauer

Packaging and Branding: Together Forever

ShareThe Dieline has a comprehensive report on the importance of packaging and design when creating a brand identity for a product. This is the kind of concept anyone in the music and entertainment industry can relate to.
Consumers identify with the brands that match the perceptions of their lifestyles. The role of package designer has expanded [...]

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Chris Bauer

2 February 2009

Chris Bauer

Aborab packaging mixes print art with music

ShareLike a lot of what we love here, Polish rapper Aborab’s new album design is a work of art in it’s own right. Designed by Jan Kallwejt and featured in The Dieline, the insert folds out into a colorful, inspired mini poster that matches the rest of the piece.
Check out Aborab’s packaging.

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Chris Bauer

12 December 2008

Chris Bauer

Simpsons Movie Soundtrack

ShareThe Simpsons has always been a great franchise, and the packaging for their movie soundtrack doesn’t miss a beat. Though unfortunately one aspect of the design comes across as a bit of a tease.
The Krispy Kreme Box. Notice the blank space in the middle of the donut.

Opening the box, so far so good.

The tantalizing, unique, [...]

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Chris Bauer

11 December 2008

Chris Bauer