We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful CD packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool CD packaging, get a quote or shoot us an email.
The CD is dead. No one buys CDs anymore. Who needs it nowadays when we can easily download stuff online? Hmmm…maybe we should change how we look at CDs in the digital age. CDs shouldn’t just be a storage for music anymore; CDs should be a form of the artist’s self-expression, a work of art, a collector’s item, a marketing tool.
Mike Patton’s “Nature-inspired” CD for the The Solitude of Prime Numbers is one great example of using a CD as a creative expression and branding tool. Just take a look at how marvellous it is. Its a good piece of novelty item you can add to your collection. And, if you want to give it to someone as a gift, there’s no need to buy a wrapper.
The rose leaf is printed CMYK on both sides,the front has a UV gloss coating and every single vein of the leaf has been blind embossed to give its surface a nice texture.
Artist: Mike Patton
Album: Solitude of Prime Numbers Soundtrack
Label: Ipecac
Designer: Martin Kvamme
Studio: Snohetta
Year: 2011
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James Hill is a veteran of the music industry. He first worked at Warner Reprise Records then later joined Interscope/ Geffen Records where he managed producers and songwriters and got his first platinum record for Keyshia Cole’s The Way It Is. He is now helping indie artists with branding and manufacturing through his company Unified Manufacturing, a CD/DVD/vinyl and merch company in LA.
