The document summarizes and compares the design elements of three music album digipaks: Arctic Monkeys, The 1975, and George Ezra. All three album covers feature black and white imagery and simple fonts that convey an indie or garage rock style. The Arctic Monkeys cover features a close-up facial expression hinting at tiredness and rebellion. The 1975 cover is very plain with cut-outs of the band. George Ezra stands out from others in his photo, conveying individuality, while the disc and text are plainly contrasted against the imagery. Overall, the covers emphasize simplicity and edginess through monochrome palettes and candid photos befitting their indie genres.

1. Digipacks

2. Arctic Monkeys
Album information
Tracklist
Barcode
Image of
artist
Artist
Record label and artist
information
- Artic Monkey’s record label is
Dominorecord’s, which is an
independent but also has sister
company's in America, Germany and
France. The fact it is independent
suits the indie genre
- The cover includes the artist name,
the digipak is in B&W and the link to
cigarettes hints to the indie/ garage
rock genre.
- The font on the front of the album is
all lowercase and in black, on top of
a white rectangle, this gives the
effect of a sticker. This connotes a
home-made feel and links to the
indie genre.

3. Arctic Monkeys
- From the close up, facial expression and wiping of the eyes gives a sense of tiredness and
frustration. The album is about clubbing in the north of England, which is identifiable due
to the rugged look on his face along . The image is in black and white bringing it down to a
simple level, where only the key details are understood. This gives an edgy look to the
digipak, with the facial expression and smoking giving the indie look, showing a sense of
rebellion linked to smoking and the genre.
- On the back the tracks are listed in white, with a simple san serif font. There is also the
institutional information as well as the recognisable Domino Records logo, which will
attract fans of the genre as it is well known for indie artists.

4. The 1975Artist
Track listRecord label and artist
information Album information
- The 1975 have four record labels,
Dirty Hit, Polydor, Vagrant and
Interscope
- In the digipak they choose not to
include pictures of the artist but
instead a board with cut-outs/
stencil type and lighting around it,
in general it is a very plain and
simple but an effective digipak
- Similarly to the Arctic Monkeys a
B&W theme has been used, which
is interesting because again they
are an indie band.

5. George Ezra
Artist
name
Record label and artist
information
Track list
Image of artist
Track list
- Ezra’s record label is Columbia Records,
which is owned by Sony Music
Entertianment, which are both
subsidiaries of Sony Corporation of
America. Although Columbia Records
are not an indie based label they have
some very well known artists in their
roster, including AC/DC, Adele, Pink
Floyd, Beyonce, Frank Sinatra, 50 Cent
and Pharrell Williams.
- The cover chosen gives an indie feel to
the album, the images have the same
theme throughout. George stands out in
the photo by wearing a red shirt and
being the only one to look into the
camera, this could be him standing out
from normal life, which is an attribute of
being ‘indie’

6. George Ezra
- Looking over the digipak an range of techniques have been used, for example the
white text is clear and stands out but does not take away from the main image. The
image is key in this as they are taken from his music video for ‘Budapest, which was a
very popular music video, making the album recognisable for the audience.
- The disc is different to many others, it is plain with the name of his label ‘Columbia’
as well as having their logo. In addition it also includes his name, name of album and
the track list. Overall it contrasts the rest of the digipak, which is not a technique I
will be looking to do however I think it works well.