Digipacks

A digipack is an alternative version of an album. It is usually made out of thick

paper and typically fold out like a book with plastic a plastic tray holding the CD. They seem to be more exclusive than a normal album, often including bonus material. The 'Digi-Pak' was originally trademarked and manufactured by MeadWestvaco but in the early 00's they became increasingly popular and the term 'digipack' was used to describe all soft CD packaging.

Pros:

• Many bands and artists want to use them solely for aesthetic reasons, as they look nice.
• It opens up more room, as the design is slightly different to traditional plastic cases.
• They don't crack like the traditional plastic cases.
• They can be environmentally friendly, often being made out of recycled paper.

Cons:

• The plastic trays can often break, as they not protected by anything else than paper on the exterior.
• As they are more open, the CD can more easily fall out.
• The paper will eventually begin to peel or separate.

Digipacks do look great, but if starting out with a tight budget, it

is best to stick to more traditional cases as these are cheaper and you can't really just get digipacks because they are aesthetically pleasing to you.

Taking all this into consideration, I am going to have some guidelines to make my digipack by. Foals' Antidotes is quite a simple yet effective album, with it being partly their own creations, all expressed in an artistic way. This is through small drawings and scribbles that help to make this album what it is.

When I create mine, I want to take into account:

• My artist and their personality
• The genre
• How to make it look interesting.