CD holder research

Typically CD cases use similar images on the left hand side of the case and the design of the CD for the area the CD sits in. This is to ensure continuity and a package that all relates and incorporates every feature. Ours will follow this convention as it is popular in many digipaks as it looks more professional and creates a package that corresponds with every feature used. 

Cally undertook refined research in order to show how other albums use related images throughout and this then helped us decide how it should be done and whether or not it should lead on from the design on the left or relate to the design or the CD itself.




Personally, I felt that this CD digipak had too much going on, it consisted of many colours and seemed slightly too busy. I do not feel ours should have a bold design on as it would take away the attention from the CD and it would look quite cramped whereas our work is quite simplistic for the rest of our digipak. I like the idea of a design that links to the album but I would ensure it wasn't too bold as the images around it will be quite simplistic and artistic rather than bold and crowded like this one.

I prefer this one as it isn't as crowded as the first one. The design for this CD does not relate to our genre of music, nevertheless, it creates a successful tone for its audience and it attracts them due to the bright colours and clear relation to strobe lights which the audience would like if they listen to this sort of music as it is a common feature, and through this we can tell automatically that it is in relation to dance music. 
We want something to relate to our tone, which I feel this does well but we also want our message heard and I do not believe this one has one, we don’t want to overcrowd the space we have. Therefore we want a simplistic design that will attract the audience visually without effecting the text and any other features.

I like this design as it is eye catching, the continuity and transition of image onto the other side of the case is excellent which makes it look very professional. The image is peaceful and not too over powering like the previous two. I like the idea of the design carrying on from the rest of the case which means the design is the same even when the Cd is out of the case. I feel I would use this in my own design as it creates a unchanged variable which shows the audience that this image relates to the tone and message so that people are aware the design is an important part of the whole project. 

The only problem is that with the bold yellow the white writing is slightly too hard to read, nevertheless I like the design for the rest of the case.

This digipak seems most similar to ours and there are many things that I really like in this. I like how the colours contrast each other as this makes the CD case eye-catching as it attracts the audience as there is a bold contrast. This digipak is visually successful as it is simplistic yet the design makes it eye-catching as the images used fit with the design therefore it looks successful despite being quite simple. 

This will be our main inspiration as the design carries on behind the CD yet also incorporates the design onto the CD to make it more interesting so that people can know what artist the CD belongs to by just looking at it as they can relate the design visually to the artist which is hard to do on a plain CD with just text.