Call me anal ("ANAL!"), but one thing that really bugs me is lazy packaging design...
Take for example, DVD's. They may go to town on fancy cardboard sleeves or flashing lights on the outside, but open the box, and more often than not you get something like this...
Example (1)
Ver' lazy indeed. LAZY LAZY LAZY.
Surely they can do better than that....
Example (2)
Not bad, not bad, at least there's a picture on this... but wait a minute - that's just the front of the box duplicated onto the disc. LAZY.
Example (3)
OK, that's a little better - at least some effort has been put into this one, it's a key scene from the film, which will mean nothing to you if you haven't seen it. Pretty brave there, but you've still got the great big film logo and 'above the title' star name, though.
What if we took it to the next level, and made the DVD's themselves part of the packaging... you know, put a picture from the film on the inside of the box, and also across the DVD's themselves?
Example (4)
Nice! (Not to mention this was my bargain of the year for £2.84 from Tesco)
But that's not the TRUE pinnacle of DVD disc design.
What about taking a key scene from the film, that happens to involve a round object, actually design the DVD to LOOK like that round object, and to be so confident in your design that you don't even get the film's name ruining your perfect design...
Example (5)
Now THAT's the way to do it... I'll name that film in one...
(OK OK, it doesn't say 'Kobayashi' on the base of the cup, but you can't have everything)
