CD Design

In general when it comes to CD designs they are very basic, this is because most songs/albums are bought online through a variety of different software’s the biggest one being ITunes. The use of these companies means you don’t actually need a physical disk, you just download the songs and the album cover. However there are still a diverse amount of companies like HMV who still sell the hard copy disk, therefore I went into HMV Reading to have a look at the different designs for CD’s you can get.

What I learnt:

• ·         They don’t really stand out
• ·         They aren’t complex
• ·         They have the Artists and Album name on
• ·         They usually are a picture or some kind of design.
• ·         The colour on them are quite basic. 

This is the Kings of Leon’s album on it includes the name of the Band, Album name and a picture.

This is the You Me At Six album on it includes the name of the Band, Album name and a copy right notice.

This is the You Me At Six album on it includes the name of the Band and Album name.

As you can see I have picked 3 CD of bands that are in the same Genre as my artist, I’ve done this so that you get an idea of how basic the CD’s are. They usually are quite dark and don’t have a lot of information on, black is the main colour used for this genre because it’s unusual and is filled with emotion. For my design I would like to do something like the You Me At Six album because I think it would suit the rest of my digipak design.