{"id":25719,"date":"2020-06-02T00:15:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/?p=25719"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:22:55","slug":"cd-packaging-celer-opitope-spekk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/cd-packaging-celer-opitope-spekk\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope (Spekk)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-1-1-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope newspaper\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We here at Unified MFG 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><strong>Artist 1-4:<\/strong> Opitope; 5-10: Celer<br \/>\n<strong>Title 1-4:<\/strong> \u201cPhysis\u201d; 5-10: Zigzag<br \/>\nLabel Spekk<br \/>\n<strong>Year:<\/strong> 2014<br \/>\n<strong>Design 1-4:<\/strong> paintings by Shinji Miyazawa; all: design by Mondii<br \/>\n<strong>Music:<\/strong> Electronic, ambient, ethereal, reflective.<\/p>\n<p>The CD packaging is a CD digipak with painting artwork, wrapped in Japanese newspaper. The design of these two new releases feature a slightly changed format that is more square and solid. It\u2019s a little larger than a standard CD jewel case and although significantly smaller, it feels more like a gatefold 7\u2033 single sleeve. As a result it has a real sense of presence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-2-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope digipak\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spekk\u2019s founder Nao Sugimoto said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>I wanted to change the packaging as the old one didn\u2019t feel fresh anymore, and plus the former packaging was just too expensive. I thought about using regular digipaks because that way, I can release more without thinking of the budget, but that didn\u2019t feel right either as the point of this label is to run by pure passion.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25724 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-3-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope artwork\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25723 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-4-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope discs\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25722 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-5-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"CD Packaging: Celer, Opitope disc art\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-4-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-6-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/spekk-7-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/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 MFG 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd-manufacturing"],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25719","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25719"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38437,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25719\/revisions\/38437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}