CD packaging research

I have been thinking about how I am going to produce my actual album cover so I did some research into how I could get it printed. During my research I came across a company called Wewow that create and print your cd designs onto CD cases. They create a large range of different eco friendly CD cases that you can print onto. Their website also has a lot of information on things like designing a CD cover and all the different things to consider if you're thinking about creating one. The website is very helpful and informative so I suggest taking a look at it if anyone runs into any problems along the way. Find the website here

I e-mailed the company for some information on printing and found out that the minimum amount of cases that you can get printed is 50. The next step is for me to decided if I want to have that many printed and get a quote or think of an alternative way of printing my CD cases out.

More CD packaging ideas

I wanted to gather more ideas about how i could package my CD so i decided to collect a few different images and put them in a post so i can look back and see what ideas that i like. Here are some of the most interesting ones that i found. 

CD Cover by Hannah Leonard.

CD Case by Lauren Harvill 

CD Design research

There are so many things that can be done with a cd case so I decided to do some research on some really interesting CD case designs as I would like to create something a bit unique if it is possible. 

The case below is very pretty and when opened it has 2 different compartments for booklets and extra things that are included with the album I really like the amount of space that this case has for illustrations. This would be great if I wanted to create extra content to include with the cd.

The case below is very simple as it is just two pieces of card put together and sown around the edges. Although this design is undoubtedly simple i really like it as i think the seams are a lovely effective little detail. this album cover wouldn't be too good if i wanted to include a booklet but if I decided against the idea of a booklet I would definitely consider this option. 

This house shaped album casing is an absolutely bizarre idea for a CD case and iv'e seen nothing like it before. I love this idea but i think its a bit over the top and decadent, although it would definitely make me want to go and buy the album if I liked the artist rather than downloading the music. I think if this idea fit the concept of an illustration it would be amazing to create an idea similar to this although I don't think I will be.   

These are just of the few of the many things that can be done with the packaging of a CD when I create my CD cover I will think about all of the different things that I can do to make the case more interesting so someone would be more likely to buy it, because that is an important factor within the music industry at the moment.