I hate it when people reblog their own posts, but… today I posted out the 25th order of DIY cases and have sold over 1,000 of them so far, not too bad given that I only promoted them on the day I launched them.

acdsleeve:

Introducing the DIY CD Case from ACDSleeve
Made using 80% recycled card from GF Smith, the DIY CD Case is a die cut/creased blank case ideal for screen printing/hand drawing/stencilling and generally customising however you want your next release to look.

As they are they can hold one or two CDs (or a CD and a booklet) and have been designed to hold a CD tray.

They’re available in the ACDSleeve shop (www.acdsleeve.bigcartel.com) in packs of 25, 50 or 100 also available are black CD trays (we offer black CD trays so glue residue won’t show through) or clear adhesive CD hubs so you can make your next release however you want.

www.acdsleeve.com/products/the-diy-cd-case

Example artwork by the brilliant Mister Millerchip www.mistermillerchip.com and screen printed by the awesome guys at Get A Grip www.getagripstudio.com

A step by step guide how to make the cases can be seen on Flickr and there’s a video on YouTube

20.02.2012

I originally set this up as I was unemployed and wanted somewhere to put design work that might be seen to get me a job. Instead it got seen by people in the independent music industry and ACDSleeve was born. I couldn’t have foreseen anything that happened in the last year and a half and am really pleased where it’s got me, but tomleggettdesigns has run it’s course, I don’t have time to design other things. 

the new address for work is http://acdsleeve.tumblr.com/ 

11.10.2011