{"id":18345,"date":"2013-06-29T19:47:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T03:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=18345"},"modified":"2020-06-04T19:00:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T19:00:09","slug":"nature-inspired-cd-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/nature-inspired-cd-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Packaging: Mike Patton&#8217;s Rose Leaf CD Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mike_patton_569_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18346 size-full\" title=\"CD packaging concept eco\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mike_patton_569_0.jpg\" alt=\"cd packaging conceptual\" width=\"569\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mike_patton_569_0.jpg 569w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mike_patton_569_0-150x102.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/mike_patton_569_0-520x354.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We\u2019ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.ph\/unifiedmfg\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Pinterest page dedicated to all things media<\/b> packaging<\/span><\/a>. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/instant-quote\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>get a quote<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/portfolio\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>shoot us an email.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CD is dead. No one buys CDs anymore. Who needs it nowadays when we can easily download stuff online? Hmmm&#8230;maybe we should change how we look at CDs in the digital age. CDs shouldn&#8217;t just be a storage for music anymore; CDs should be a form of the artist&#8217;s self-expression, a work of art, a collector&#8217;s item, a marketing tool.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Patton&#8217;s &#8220;Nature-inspired&#8221; CD for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1441373\/\">The Solitude of Prime Numbers<\/a> is one great example of using a CD as a creative expression and branding tool. Just take a look at how marvellous it is. Its a good piece of novelty item you can add to your collection. And, if you want to give it to someone as a gift, there&#8217;s no need to buy a wrapper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18347\" title=\"leaf cd case\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/2_0.jpg\" alt=\"cd case concept\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18348\" title=\"6_0\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/6_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rose leaf is printed CMYK on both sides,the front has a UV gloss coating and every single vein of the leaf has been blind embossed to give its surface a nice texture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/7_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18349\" title=\"7_0\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/7_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/8_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18351\" title=\"8_0\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/8_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"635\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/10_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18352\" title=\"10_0\" src=\"https:\/\/unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/10_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist: Mike Patton<br \/>\nAlbum: Solitude of Prime Numbers Soundtrack<br \/>\nLabel: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipecac.com\/\">Ipecac<\/a><br \/>\nDesigner:\u00a0Martin Kvamme<br \/>\nStudio: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snohetta.com\/#\/main\/\">Snohetta<\/a><br \/>\nYear: 2011<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>James Hill<\/i><\/b><i> is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope\/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole&#8217;s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD\/vinyl and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We\u2019ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging,\u00a0get a quote\u00a0or\u00a0shoot us an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd-manufacturing","category-graphic-design"],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29383,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18345\/revisions\/29383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}