Digipak research
What is a digipak?
A digipak is the casing used in which to house a CD- often used for music albums. They typically consist of a book style gatefold, which can be made from card or plastic, containing a plastic tray to hold the CD within. This digipak will likely feature some aspect of what the artist represents or convey their genre of music, sometimes disclosing a theme and message about the artist.
What is usually inside a digipak?
Inside a digipak, you can find the plastic holder for the CD itself. A lot of plastic holders in the modern day are see-through with another piece of album artwork behind, conforming with the rest of the artwork. Booklets (typically between 4-32 pages) are stationed within the inside left of the cover, kept in place using a slot, or placed in the inside sleeve. These often contain information about the artist, lyrics and sometimes more artwork.
Design
The designs of the digipak themselves vary from artist to artist, each artist will adapt their own unique style into their digipak, most likely to reflect the genre of music that they perform. Containing images of the artist/ band, in conjunction with potential images that represent them as a whole. Typically, the inside of the case will feature information about the artist and often lyrics to the tracks on the CD and often this inside of the case is less abstract and bold than that compared to the outside covers, instead tending to showcase a more muted, plainer set of colours.
Conventions
It is common for a digipak to contain a large image on the front that is eye-catching (usually the artist themselves), this is to ensure the audience potentially buying the product get a clearer insight into what this CD is, for example the genre and who the artist is without having to read anything. This image is then stereotypically paired the artist/band's name, along with the name of the album. However on the back, it is conventional that you will see a list of the songs that are on the CD, and the theme will usually follow in form with the front cover.
What is usually inside a digipak?
Inside a digipak, you can find the plastic holder for the CD itself. A lot of plastic holders in the modern day are see-through with another piece of album artwork behind, conforming with the rest of the artwork. Booklets (typically between 4-32 pages) are stationed within the inside left of the cover, kept in place using a slot, or placed in the inside sleeve. These often contain information about the artist, lyrics and sometimes more artwork.
Design
The designs of the digipak themselves vary from artist to artist, each artist will adapt their own unique style into their digipak, most likely to reflect the genre of music that they perform. Containing images of the artist/ band, in conjunction with potential images that represent them as a whole. Typically, the inside of the case will feature information about the artist and often lyrics to the tracks on the CD and often this inside of the case is less abstract and bold than that compared to the outside covers, instead tending to showcase a more muted, plainer set of colours.
Conventions
It is common for a digipak to contain a large image on the front that is eye-catching (usually the artist themselves), this is to ensure the audience potentially buying the product get a clearer insight into what this CD is, for example the genre and who the artist is without having to read anything. This image is then stereotypically paired the artist/band's name, along with the name of the album. However on the back, it is conventional that you will see a list of the songs that are on the CD, and the theme will usually follow in form with the front cover.
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