Found inspiration

Luckily I found these various CD packages around the house after I had decided I wanted to design the packaging for one myself. It really helped to see various ways it could be done for real, instead of just on-screen or in books.

Kanye West fold-out album
















































Classic sleeve












Book cover theme












Simple sleeve with circular cut-out front
























This is the original CD case where my idea for the final resolution came from.




































Amazing pop up christmas design!

More relaxation & health packaging

This is some of my competition for my packaging, in the form of yoga and meditation CDs, health drinks, creams, perfumes etc all supposed to relax the mind, body and soul.

Why I need a good design!!

The promotion of Laughter in the CD form being a way to stay healthy and fit is lacking to say the least. Bad designs on existing CD's have really made me want to excel in my designing, to produce a simple, eye-catching, persuasive CD package to get across the message and importance of laughter being good for your health.

Here are some existing Laughter CD's:

This CD is the one that I did in fact send off for and am re-designing their packaging to promote its 60 minutes of continuous laughter content as a way of staying healthy.

My favourite CD Design

Deftones CD cover

I absolutely love the typeface and layout of this cover. It definitely gives me plenty to think about for my designs. It grabs your attention, is loud, but not overpowering. The rounded typeface softens the edges and makes it read less harsh and I especially like the text being too big to fit on the cover so it wraps around the sides.

Magazine layouts

Every single one of these really excite me and it has made me realise just how much I want to venture into the typographic, editorial and layout side to graphic design. These are all going to be used as inspiration when designing my 16 page Design for Print booklet. Simple grids and clean cut but creative layouts are what I want to develop:

Modern Design magazine (2008, issue 13)

Dwell magazine

Official US Playstation magazine

Modern Design magazine

Life Lounge magazine

Keeping on track

Breaking new ground magazine

CD Typography designs

Incubus Design

Ransom note

Interpol Cover

The White Stripes

1-Up CD Design

Typographic CD Design

'ON' Promotional CD

'ON' Promotional CD

Kid Beyond CD Cover

Headstrong Concept

Szavak Ereje