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.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Where This Applies
- Music Industry
- Incorporate sustainable and customizable packaging solutions such as eco-friendly cork jewel cases to delight customers and differentiate from competitors.
- 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.
- 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.
