Digipak Research

A digipak is a type of packaging for CD's or DVD's, typically made from cardboard with an internal plastic holder for one or more discs. Some typical conventions included in a digipak are:

• Visual/key image to the production 

• Band/artist name to allow the audience to identify the band or artist 

• Album name on the main cover and on the spine 

• Track list of album 

• Background information of the artist/band

• Reviews from magazines and newspapers

• Pictures of band/artist 

Front Panel: 
Usually includes the album name and artist/band name in a loud and bold font to catch the audiences attention, and an image of the band or artist.
Spine:
Names of band/ artist and album name, sometimes the name of the record label or company.
Back Cover:
Track-list in a readable and contrasting font to the front panel.
Fold in Panel:
Often a image of artist/band, however if its a long fold out, the fold in panel would be a continued from the Front and Back Panel.
Inside Panels:
CD, maybe even a booklet. Often images of artist/band or something symbolic/iconic printed inside, behind the discs. There may also be information about the album and quotes by the artist/band written inside the digipak.
Colour Scheme:
Usually reflects the mood of album or the genre of the tracks/songs on the disc.

These are some digipaks that are from my genre that I can use for inspiration for my own digipak: