Digipak - 4 panels, CD and spine design

The spine is the smallest part of a digipak and can sometimes go unnoticed. Here are some examples of spines on CDs:

On the deluxe edition of Nicki Minaj's album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded this is its spine:

The spine is arguably boring, all it consists of is a white strip with a few pale pink shapes on it. There is no mention of the artist or the album, there is no direct link to the artist either therefore it makes it not easily recognisable.

This is the front cover of where this spine comes from:

This gives us the idea that the shapes on the spine are representative of the paint that covers Minaj, it has spilled over from the cover onto the spine giving the album house style. 

This is the back cover of the CD:

The same picture from the cover is used on the back but it is more zoomed in/the writing covers the bottom half. The small shapes of colour that are featured along with the writing are what is used on the spine, showing how house style has been continued onto 3 panels.

Inside panels & CD:

The location of these panels have been taken with the same design as the front and back cover which gives the images complete house style. The image on the CD is the same one that is on the back cover. The name of the artist and album is written on the CD.

This is the spine taken from Lady Gaga's Artpop CD:

The information found on the spine consists of the artist, the name of the album, the record companies and a number which I am not sure of what it represents.

This is the cover of Artpop:

From this we can see that the pink font used on the cover is also used on the spine creating house style. Another similarity is that on both the cover and spine the information is written in capital letters. 

Back cover:

The design on the back is like an optical illusion which continues the theme from the cover of the font overlapping and the images being cut. Despite this, within the background there is no house style achieved as the colours are different although on the cover 'Lady Gaga' is written in pink and so are the songs on the back.

Inside panels & CD:

Where the CD is kept there is another optical illusion which uses the same colours (black and white) that are used on the back cover. This optical illusion continues from the album artwork onto the CD. In contrast to the bright and bold optical illusions, the panel with the track list on is plain but yet it works and it incorporates the pink used. Only the name of the album is written on the CD.

This is the spine taken from Rihanna's Unapologetic: 

This spine is different from the other two because it has what seems to be a picture folding round on to it; this is more interesting than just a plain background. The information covered on the back features the name of the artist, the album title, the record company and a number. The fonts used for the artist and the album are different but they both give the effect of being handwritten. 

This is the album cover:

The font used for 'unapologetic' is the same which is used for the spine and the cover. However, the peculiar design on the spine has clearly not been taken from the front cover.

This is the back cover:

From looking at the design on the back cover it is clear to see that the design on the spine continues from the back cover. The picture used on the back cover is different to that of the front, it is also in black and white, this colour scheme is featured within the text on the cover.

Inside panels & CD:

The CD sticks with the neutral colour scheme without large amounts of colour. The design on the actual CD is the same design which is on the panel where it is placed. The other inside panel is much more vibrant as the photo in is colour like the cover photo is. The name of the album and artist is featured on the CD.