I am really Pleased with the outcome that I have made for this CD package as it turns out that the design that I came up with was completely original and has unique Values in the way how it has been made the colour scheme was adapted to suit a J.Cole album the typography on the covers have a musical theme to them the wiry lettering flows from one letter to the other. The necessary information was presented in the album very well the two images front and back were presented to a High Standard and the Casing was produced with a Professional finish. the initial design ideas had a big part to play in how the CD packaging was suppose to be made both from the book and ideas Shown via the blog the circular shape of the basketball hoop design made me want to use a circular design the enclosed rose package made me think about putting them into layers and from then I started to Sketch out the ideas and added more details that subsequently lead to this one With all been said, making this design wasn't a easy route as there was a lack of equipment available to me one site therefore I had to find a means to cut the Circles out of site this opportunity came about at my old high school where the initial CAD for the Circles been made. I had to make changes onto how the CD and the Poster will be housed inside the packaging the biggest change from the design was to have the CD and the poster to sit inside the blue rings and not be on top of each ring the reason for this was that the gap between each layer wasn't enough and it would cause the layers to produce friction between each other inevitable making it harder for consumers to used; and the addition of the blue ribbon acts as an ergonomic aid for those who can't lift the CD out without having problems. Another problem aroused once the discs were cut and that was finding the right rivet to fit with in the 5mm hole in each disc to hold them together through using various methods I found the one that fits in the best with the design I spray painted Two metal tacks and wrapped a 4mm cyclinder shaped stick of wood with tape and forced it through the 5mm hole and glue the inside of each tack so that they can stay together whilst allowing easy gliding to get to each layer of the the packaging. If I had the opportunity to do this design again I would of found a way/means to print the image onto the plastic transparently as I believe that this would give the design a bit more of a wow factor, as doing this will reveal little bits of the physical CD under it however using these methods would be very expensive to create a one off and would require specialist equipment that I have no knowledge about or its whereabouts, I do love the design how it is. If there was more Time I would of made this casing as the Deluxe Version and made a more simpler store shelf design as the standard copy. Overall I do believe that My design is Unique completely original, one of a kind design and I take pride in the outcome as it represents so much more than just a CD packaging, it was a Struggle to create it but it was all worth it in the end and now I can feel more confident heading into the next Challenge that lys Ahead.
I made a change to my in lay instead of putting a poster for the consumers to put back together I found that it took people a while to figure out what the poster actually was. I decided to make a song booklet that had the lyrics it was made using the same rotating system that the case has; the lycrics where made using the same typography as the front cover/ CD I found that it work even better than the CD poster and related alot better to the packaging to fill the gap to this final outcome.
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