CD – DVD – Vinyl – T-shirt – Box Sets
Will a creative CD packaging lure customers to buy my CD? Hmmm… I will answer that question with another question. Will a beautiful dress make a woman more appealing? The answer is yes, right? But she has to offer something more before you ask her on a real date. A creative CD packaging draws […]
While the rest of us are wracking our brains out to come up with something kick-ass for our album artwork, Weezer simply did this. This guy is not a member of the band. He’s not their manager either. He is Jorge Garcia, who plays Hurley from Lost (the TV series). In an e-mail interview, Weezer […]
Do you want your CD to stand out and I mean really stand out from the sea of CDs? Then maybe you should have a custom CD packaging instead of having a regular jewel case for your album. Having a custom CD packaging is probably the best way to catch people’s attention. Manufacturing a custom […]
Get to know the musicians Before you even start to think of ideas for the CD packaging, you must first get to know the musicians. Do a quick online research about them before you have your first meeting. And during the meeting, casually ask the musicians some questions that could help you define their personality. […]
Artist: Monkey Majik Albums: Fly (Single), Around the World (Single), Thank You Art director: Artless Three albums, one concept. Each album art can stand independently on its own but the overall appeal can be seen when the three albums are placed side by side each other. Ahh, this is how love should be, don’t you […]
CD packaging has another big role aside from the obvious which is to contain and protect CDs. It could also be a great tool for the musicians to showcase their creativity and their personality. It can be compared to a book’s cover design. Majority of consumers associate good packaging to good music and there are […]
Album: Amnesiac Artist: Radiohead Cover Artist: Stanley Donwood Year: 2002 This wonderfully done packaging won the Grammy Award for Best Recording Package in 2002. That’s almost a decade ago but this packaging has managed to keep its appeal intact. It was presented in a red hardbound book filled with artsy illustrations by Stanley Donwood and […]
This 5-track short release by California Nintendo-core rockers HORSE the Band is a tribute to the band’s favorite food-PIZZA. The CD looks like a pepperoni and cheese pizza, it comes in a pizza box complete with ‘grease stains’ in the right places, there are coupons and even that little stand that keeps the pizza from […]
The fad of using ‘found photography’ Polaroid images as the main artwork for CDs is back again. It makes me wonder why. Do they genuinely see the beauty in it as it is? Are they Dada artists (anti-art) who try to rebel against society’s standards and conventions of art? Do they want to mock CD […]
Sam Hayles is an independent art-director and graphic designer currently living in Scotland. He has been designing for 15 years and worked as a freelance designer since 2005 under the name ‘DOSE-productions‘ (DOSEprod). A lot of his works are music and art related, (working with musicians, bands and artists he can relate to). His core […]