Designer: Denis Izotov Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work Location: Moscow, Russia Packaging Contents: Compact disc Packaging Materials: plastic, bookbinding cardboard Most important thing about “Transparent” that this is album of a mature and famous rock-band, but it’s sounds new, modern and fresh. So it was necessary to create a simple and modern design, that is […]
Agency: Digital Point Designer: Gabriel Palmer Country: Palma de Mallorca / Spain Whenever we talked to Goodfellows songs, they have called good songs as powerpop pills . After hearing the songs and feel the positive energy that passed, we proposed link these two concepts (positive energy and pills). We chose the title “Happynitol 150 mg” […]
If you’re a beginner and you want to get it right the first time, here’s a basic guide to successfully designing an effective and good-looking product packaging. #1 BE DIRECT TO THE POINT Customers, even the most loyal ones, want to know right away what you’re offering. They simply have no time or attention span […]
The Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package has been presented since 1995. Here are the winners per year complete with the names of the art directors. The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (2015) Artist: Various Art Directors: Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood & Jack White ______________________________________________________________ Wings Over America […]
Why should we buy DVDs when we can easily download movies nowadays? And oh, there’s Netflix, too. Let me tell you why: 1. Because it has special features like Behind the scenes, commentaries, etc; 2. Because it has really cool DVD packaging. You love staring at them and collecting them and one day you can […]
One marketing hack which I find very smart is wrapping the CD or DVD in a poster. Instead of coming up with a regular (and sometimes expensive!) CD packaging and a poster, why not turn the poster into a CD/DVD packaging? That way, you’ll be spending less and marketing more efficiently. Here are some of […]
Soundtrack Vinyl records are what movie and music fanatics are currently crazy about. For some of us who were born before the internet, we miss the full experience of actually holding (and reading and smelling) the things that come with music- whether it’s a CD or cassette tape or vinyl record. You know nostalgia when you […]
When we hear the word colorful, we automatically think of fluffy things, candies, ponies and rainbows. However, here are examples of CD artwork designs that are colorful but are totally mature and classy. Whoever said colorful is tacky surely have not seen these CD artworks. When done right, colorful could be kick-ass! Jamie Lidell’s self-titled album cover Nameless- Album […]
As an indie musician today, you have to be a master of music but a jack of all trades as well. That means that aside from being a musician, you have to be an accountant, an event organizer, a social media guru, and a master promoter too. Whew! Don’t you wish you could go back […]
Designer: Hui (Joy) Zhu Project Type: Student Project School: Academy of Art University Location: San Francisco, USA Packaging Materials: Paper, Wood Here is an adorable DVD packaging student project by Joy Zhu on a Wes Anderson Film Festival. I think that if Wes Anderson would see this, he’d definitely hire Joy in an instant.Every element shows […]
