CD – DVD – Vinyl – T-shirt – Box Sets
We’ve featured some of the craziest album release gimmicks from attaching USB albums to balloons to releasing a newspaper. There was one Flaming Lips album where they added Kesha’s blood in the vinyl record. If you’re a new musician who’s about to launch your first album, you might be thinking “Are gimmicks absolutely necessary because […]
Making a really good-looking CD packaging shouldn’t be too costly if you choose the right cardboard CD cases and come up with an excellent CD design. If you make 300 or more of these cardboard CD packaging, they can be so dirt cheap you wouldn’t ever consider choosing anything else. If you can’t imagine cardboard […]
So you want to customize a hoodie but the hoodie design that you like has a big, bad zipper. You’re conflicted because you really want the hoodie yet you want a big artwork at the center. The zipper will ruin the artwork, right? So you have to choose between the handsome hoodie or your artwork, right? Not necessarily! […]
If you’re promoting a product, band, film, event or what have you, t-shirts are an awesome way to create a buzz. But in order for people to really stop, look and listen, you have to make exceptionally catchy t-shirt designs. What makes a t-shirt design catchy? Well, it’s the concept. We can’t give you a step […]
There are CD packaging that look good and there are CD packaging that are really worth collecting because they are way too awesome they can be displayed in an art museum. Here are some of them: MEHTA FOLDING STRUCTURE A sequential representation of a statement by Rohit Mehta, revealed in steps through the opening of […]
It Serves its Primary Purpose Before you try to make your CD packaging interesting, make sure it keeps the discs safe from liquids, dust, and pressure. This means, the case should be sturdy and easy-to-open, among other things. Also make sure that the CDs won’t fall off once the CD packaging is opened. There are […]
So you’re in the final stage of releasing a record. Congratulations! Unfortunately, it’s not yet time to relax and celebrate. CD manufacturing might seem like the album is as good as done but in reality. It’s a whole new meticulous process that requires a lot of things from you including the layout of your CD […]
So…maybe everyone’s releasing their albums in cool Flash Drives or Dropcards. If they release in CD format at all, they’d most likely be housed in sleek Digipaks and Custom Boxes. There’s no way jewel cases can be cool in 2013, right? Wrong! Want proof? Well just check out these totally hip CD packaging using clear […]
A CD packaging so sleek with a metallic touch, that’s what this CD package of Unkle’s “Where Did the Night Fall” is all about. Artist: UNKLE Label: Surrender All Album: Where Did the Night Fall Package Design: James Lavelle, Ben Drury and Warren Du Preez, Nick Thornton Jones Release: 2010 We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. […]
`No musician wants to make 5,000 CDs only to let half of it sit in the basement to gather dust. We don’t want to waste money by overestimating the number of CDs we make. Here are some questions to guide you in coming up with a good estimate: How many pre-ordered your album? If you […]