RESEARCH: Digipak (Axl Santos)

Research: Digipak

Front Cover:

• Album Title
• Band/Artist name
• Main Image (similar to the back cover meaning it will link correctly)
• simple design to easily identify it on a shelf

Spine:

• Album title (w/ band name)
• Source code - Allows the album to be easily accessible and easy to find
• Record company name - to see which company produced the album

Back Cover:

• an Image similar to the one on the front cover
• An track list with numbers to indicate what track it is
• Copyright information
• Record label and logo

Internal panels:

• Disc
• Small booklet - The booklet contains a trackless, different images and further information about the album.
• Image that is recognisable (it could be the same as the one on the front and/or back covers)

Digipaks in retailers and online:

I found out that there was a very low number of retail shops that still sell digipaks. One shop that still sell digipaks is Poundland in Hounslow high street. Due to their slogan, digipaks have a very cheap price so buying one would be very easy to get. additionally, every digipak was pre-owned meaning that someone had already used it and they have sold it to this specific shop. overall, this shows that digipaks isn't very popular in this generation since most/all digipaks have already been used and the retail shops are selling them for a cheap price.

Digipaks are also sold online on retail websites. I discovered that you can buy digipaks mostly from the website eBay. They are also selling digipaks for a very cheap price and also, nearly all digipaks have been used and this links it to the fact that digipaks aren't as popular as they used to be.

Digipak nets:

There are digipak nets that exist to help the people who make the digipak know what the whole digipak will look like. There are different types of digipak nets, mostly a net with 4 or 6 panels.





Digipak Research - Slipknot