2. What is a digipak?
Digipacks are a type of CD packaging made out of card stock
or other heavy paper/cardboard material. Digipacks can flip
open like a book, or it can have three parts, so that one
portion of the packaging opens to the right and one to the
left, with the CD in the center portion.
Digipacks were first created by MeadWestvaco, and their
product, called Digi-Pak, is trademarked. However, as the
format became more popular and began to be used by more
manufacturers, the generic "digipack" came to be used to
describe all soft CD packaging
3. What do they include?
Digipaks consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card
stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of
holding a CD attached to the inside.
Since Digipaks created the first alternatives were to jewel cases
which were used by major record companies, because there is no
other common name for Digipak-style packaging made by other
companies.
Digipak-style packaging is mostly used for CD singles or special
editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak is used as a
premium package for DVD sets. Such packaging is less resistant to
abrasion than jewel cases.
4. Conventions of Digipaks
Front cover - Main image, of the Artist with something that
iconic/symbolic of them. Name of artist and album in large font to
attract the audiences attention.
Back cover - track list,
Spine(s) - Names of artist/band and album, institution.
Fold in Panel – Another image of Artist
Inside Panels - CD, maybe even a booklet. With lots of images of
the artist or something symbolic todo with the specific name of the
album printed inside, behind the discs.
There also could be information about the album and quotes by the
artist/band written inside the Digipak.
Colour Scheme - Usually reflects the mood of album and is different
for every artist and album depending on the specific tracks.
