{"id":26232,"date":"2020-06-02T00:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/?p=26232"},"modified":"2021-08-14T07:17:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T07:17:58","slug":"music-packaging-week-nakama-endy-chow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/music-packaging-week-nakama-endy-chow\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Packaging: Nakama- Endy Chow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26233 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-02-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Nakama- Endy Chow\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This music packaging design for a Hong Kong singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCjcdSkRz26gbWIZCaGSSqjw\">Endy Chow<\/a> is not only a music package, it is also a time machine.<\/p>\n<p>FUNDAMENTAL Studio believes that the music packaging of the album, which is full of songs, is a platform for singers to communicate with listeners, extending the concept of creation to them and telling their stories.<\/p>\n<p>FUNDAMENTAL Studio&#8217;s recent design work &#8220;NAKAMA&#8221; music packaging is a true beauty, from design concept to packaging structure, to paper selection process and printing effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26234 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-03-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Nakama- Endy Chow boxes\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Nakama- Endy Chow\" width=\"522\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05-658x439.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-05.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26236 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-07-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Nakama- Endy Chow cassette\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The packaging is so retro that it instantly transports us to the 80s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Sales of audio cassettes are increasing. <\/b><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/French-news\/French-company-Mulann-Group-makes-new-modern-analog-cassette-player-for-21st-century\">Connexion France reported<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that &#8220;in 2018, more than 219,000 were sold in the United States, compared to 178,000 in 2017.&#8221; As sales of analog technology rise, more and more artists will choose analog version of their albums, cassettes and vinyl, to supplement digital streaming services (currently 80% of music is streamed in the U.S.). And Mulann is not the only company forging ahead with a modern take on the Walkman\u2014Hong-Kong-based NINM Lab sells one for roughly the same price.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26237 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-012-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Zarahn cassette tape\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26238 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-013-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Nakama- Endy Chow cassette tape\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26239 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-015-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Music Packaging: Zarahn tape artwork\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26240 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-017-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Nakama vinyl box set\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26241 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/NAKAMA-018-520x347.jpg\" alt=\"Nakama- Endy Chow booklet\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Will you still buy a music CD? When was the last time you purchased a music CD? Will you buy this album?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>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\/\">Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging<\/a>. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging,\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/instant-quote\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>get a quote<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/portfolio\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>shoot us an email.<\/b><\/span><\/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\"><i>Unified Manufacturing<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>, a CD\/DVD\/vinyl and merch company in LA.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This music packaging design for a Hong Kong singer Endy Chow is not only a music package, it is also a time machine. 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