The second album I have chosen to analyse is the The Beatles "White Album". Like Jamie xx and other covers I am inspired by, it's incredibly simple. Designed by artist Richard Hamilton and it was the bands next album after Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club. So the thinking was to obviously make it more simplistic and to be more about the music.
There is no image on the cover and the only thing present is that of just "The Beatles" in a basic font. The cover is all white, with no changes anywhere. This runs through the digipak although there are some posters which come with it which have black and white photos on. Also on the back of the digipak there is black and white close-up pictures of the band members and label and distributors badges.
The layout is very simple. The Beatles is positioned centre right on the cover which seems to work well, with the first letter starting dead centre. This is consistent throughout the digipak and on the back the same is seen with the dead centre being the starting point for the song names. The CD's also have a very simple layout, with white background and plain black font which does not stand out.
The colour scheme throughout is black and white, with white background and a black font. Other than the apple logo on the back of the digipak, everything you will see is black and white. The shots are in blakc and white, all of these being close-up shots of the band members faces. However, coming with the digipak was a poster, with many different small designs on, ranging from artwork to band photo, all being in black and white.
Like the rest of the album, the font used does not stand out at all. It is easy to read and is very simplistic, fitting in with the consistency of the digipak.
Overal, I feel that the digipak works really well. I'm a big believer in keeping it all simple so the neutrality of the digipak works really well. However, I feel when I am making my digipak, I will be looking to add some bold colour, like on the Jamie xx albums, as this fits in with my bands genre and is modern.
The layout is very simple. The Beatles is positioned centre right on the cover which seems to work well, with the first letter starting dead centre. This is consistent throughout the digipak and on the back the same is seen with the dead centre being the starting point for the song names. The CD's also have a very simple layout, with white background and plain black font which does not stand out.
The colour scheme throughout is black and white, with white background and a black font. Other than the apple logo on the back of the digipak, everything you will see is black and white. The shots are in blakc and white, all of these being close-up shots of the band members faces. However, coming with the digipak was a poster, with many different small designs on, ranging from artwork to band photo, all being in black and white.
Like the rest of the album, the font used does not stand out at all. It is easy to read and is very simplistic, fitting in with the consistency of the digipak.
Overal, I feel that the digipak works really well. I'm a big believer in keeping it all simple so the neutrality of the digipak works really well. However, I feel when I am making my digipak, I will be looking to add some bold colour, like on the Jamie xx albums, as this fits in with my bands genre and is modern.
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