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Featured CD Packaging Designer: Seldon Hunt

Seldon Hunt has been working as an art director, designer and illustrator since 1995.  In recent years much of his output has been devoted to creating a diverse and highly recognizable body of visuals that have become synonymous with contemporary ...
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CD Packaging of the Week: Faker's 'Be The Twilight'

Band: Faker Album: Be The Twilight Designer: Debaser Year: 2007 This album art has an eerie feel to it that draws me in and makes me remember all my childhood fears about the woods. It takes me back to my ...
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CD Packaging: Time, Money and Creativity -What to do with these 3 limitations

There are no hard rules in designing a creative CD packaging but there are definitely some limitations in the actual production. You have to know each one of them so you would know how to work around them and still ...
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Music Packaging: Clown Covers

So I was browsing through some LP and CD covers again today(I wonder why I'm doing this a lot) and all of a sudden a bright idea came to mind. Since I'm researching about everything music packaging almost everyday, why ...
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Featured CD Packaging Designer: Duncan Long

My Q&A with Duncan Long is not very long but it is very insightful. This guy is not only talented and smart; he also has a wicked sense of humor. He sent me this self-portrait saying “this will give your ...
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Unified Manufacturing Projects: Fear Factory’s Mechanize

Unified Manufacturing just finished a custom vinyl records release for Fear Factory, the all-time monster of dark metal, titled Mechanize. Unified collaborated with Candlelight Records and Paula Hogan, one of the pioneer female record label directors and one of the ...
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CD Packaging: What Makes a Great CD Packaging

The CD packaging should protect your CD First and foremost, a CD packaging should be able to perform its basic function. Its primary purpose is to store and protect the CD from scratches, dust, liquids, and other elements that could ...
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CD Packaging: Zinkplaat’s Mooi Besoedeling

Ahhh. My hands are itching right now as I am typing this. I cannot wait to start scratching that goddamned CD! Images from Lovely Package _______________________________________________________________________ Unified Manufacturing is an L.A. -based one-stop-shop that offers very affordable CD/DVD/USB replication, custom printing, ...
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Music Retail News: UMG's New Pricing Structure Designed to Get Single CDs in Stores at $10 or Below

To compensate the lower pricing, UMG also plans to step up deluxe versions of albums which sell at a higher price to cater the hardcore fans and collectors. UMG is also banking that the lower price points will at the ...
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Eco Packaging: How Musicians Can Pomote the Green Movement

Today, one of the biggest problems that the world is facing is global warming. We have neglected and abused the world for so many decades and it’s about time we do something to save it before it gives up on ...
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