I have noticed that when albums are on sale in music stores, they are usually displayed in a manner which allows the audience to see only the spine of the album. Therefore, it is most important that the spine of the album is noticeable, distinct, attractive and clear. To expand on this theory I have taken five different album and placed them on top of each other, therefore only showing the spine of the cover, I then asked a group of people which album spine they found most attracting.
Despite taking the albums from a range of genres a majority of the participants chose the 'N.E.R.D- Seeing Sounds' spine, as the most striking. This is because the spine is coloured in one colour, which contrasted the white writing. Furthermore, the text is in upper case lettering, which also appears bold, in order for the audience to recognise it easily. On the other hand, a number of participants said that they found the 'P.O.D' and 'Lostprophets' album hard to read and would not be able to recognise it if placed besides hundred of other albums.
Considering these results I have created the left and right spines of the digipak, which are shown below...
Spine Analysis
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