You won't have seen anything like the Wall to Wall Carpeting album packaging in your local record shop. Where you've probably picked up a CD in a plastic case or a folded card wrapping, you'll be interested to see how Bend Design has developed a unique and eco-friendly solution to selling and storing compact discs.
For the record company Orila, Bend began with a rectangular cork board with dimensions sufficient to enable its division into six squared backings that can accommodate one CD each. Before they're cut, they're printed with album artwork of a roughly hatched underground river so that each set completes the picture when half a dozen are arranged together. Wall to Wall Carpeting album packaging perfectly protects the disks and is complete with a clear plastic sleeve.
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Wall to Wall Carpeting Album Packaging Comprises Creative Materiality
Trend Themes
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Eco-friendly Album Packaging — Develop creative and eco-friendly solutions to selling and storing albums using sustainable materials such as cork, that protect disks and can be customized with album artwork.
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Custom Album Artwork — Use new materials and packaging techniques such as cork boards to produce customized album artwork that completes a larger image when multiple packaging units are arranged together.
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Alternative CD Packaging — Explore unique design solutions for CD packaging using unconventional materials like cork and novel shapes to differentiate products in a crowded market.
Industry Implications
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Music Industry — Incorporate sustainable and customizable packaging solutions such as eco-friendly cork jewel cases to delight customers and differentiate from competitors.
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Retail Industry — Offer unique and sustainable packaging solutions to customers, such as cork boards for album artwork and CD storage, that can be reused or recycled for other purposes.
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Sustainable Packaging Industry — Drive innovation and collaboration to create alternative CD packaging solutions using environmentally friendly materials such as cork that offer novel designs and shapes and reduce waste.