Design Layout – Week 10

Topics: Template Exam, Assembling a Jewel Case Mock-up
Lab: Work on Template Exam & Revisions
Homework due this week: 2 surfaces for jewel case
Homework due next week: Jewel Case Mock-up and Display Board

Final Project: Jewel Case Design & Music Client Display Board
Due week 11, beginning of class.

1) Finish and Print the Jewel Case Package Design for your client’s CD.

2) Cut and Assemble the Jewel Case Design into a functional Mock-up: display it in a clear, unscratched Jewel Case.

3) Print the 3 Web Page Designs you developed for the Music Client.

4) Assemble a Display Board, containing your Jewel Case Mock-up and Music Client Web Page Designs.

For the FINAL JEWEL CASE, Include ALL SURFACES:
(Print and assemble into a functional mock-up.)

1) Front Cover
http://www.newenglandcd.com/downloads/cd-jewel-4pp-insert.htm
Include the name of the musician or band, album title, and imagery relating to the theme.

2) Insert
http://www.newenglandcd.com/downloads/cd-jewel-4pp-insert.htm
Back-side of the front cover – faces the disc when you open the case

3) Disc Label
http://www.newenglandcd.com/downloads/cd-disc-art.htm
The round label that sticks to the disc itself.
Include the name of your client and the name of the album.

4) Drop Tray
http://www.newenglandcd.com/downloads/cd-jewel-tray.htm
The Drop Tray is the artwork that sits behind the disc. You will see only part of it when the disc is in the Jewel Case. The Drop Tray also includes the graphics visible in the “Clear Area” near the left-spine of the Jewel Case.

5) Back Cover
http://www.newenglandcd.com/downloads/cd-jewel-tray.htm
The Back Cover and Spines of the Jewel Case. Include a listing of the album tracks.

Formats:
- Digital Files of All Jewel Case Surfaces (.pdf or .jpg format)
- Digital Files of Revisions to 3 Web Page Designs for Music Client
- Display Board with 2 Web Page Designs and Jewel Case Mock-up

Grading: 20 points total

Jewel Case Mock-Up (10pts):
__ (2) Required details are present, all text is legible.
__ (2) Layout: Design follows a consistent grid, spacing, and alignment scheme.
__ (2) Emphasis & Imagery are relevant to the theme of the client.
__ (2) Color Scheme & Typography are relevant to the theme of the client.
__ (2) Unity: Style is consistent with the other surfaces of the package.

Display Board (10pts):
__ (2) At least 2 Music Client Web Pages are present on the board
__ (2) Jewel Case Mock-up is present on the board
__ (2) Edges are cut cleanly, abiding by Bleed Margins
__ (2) Jewel Case Mock-up is displayed in a clean, clear plastic Jewel Case
__ (2) Display board is clean and unscratched, printed work is flat and clean