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If you need to mail a CD or DVD, you might as well put it in something beautiful (yet still sturdy, of course!). Here are some of the best mailers and folders to impress your recipients: CD wallet This is one of the most affordable mailers and could still look pretty, too. Cardboard Folder CD […]
Designing a media packaging whether it’s a CD/DVD case, USB box, vinyl sleeve, or special box set that contains all of the above and some merch, is equal parts art and science. It has to attract your target market but at the same time, it also has to be able to protect the contents as […]
When it comes to advertising, the packaging of the product is as important (in some cases, more important) than the product itself. It’s what lures customers to make the actual purchase. This works both ways. If the packaging is bad, it will affect the product in a very bad way. Sure, there are exceptions to […]
Packaging design is deceptive sometimes, especially for those new to product design. It seems so simple but there are so many considerations for a packaging design to work. Not only should the packaging be able to contain the items safely and securely, not only should the packaging be eco-friendly and easy to ship, not only […]
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 pressing. You know nostalgia when […]
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 […]
