We are now in the digital world.
The digital society means that main elements consisting of our society are based on digital technology. Individuals, households, corporations and the government authorities are linked with digital network, in which mos...
We are now in the digital world.
The digital society means that main elements consisting of our society are based on digital technology. Individuals, households, corporations and the government authorities are linked with digital network, in which most of the works are performed by using digital technology and products. At present, our life is all filled with elements of technology including digital TV, computers, the internet, digital music, digital photos, home banking, internet shopping and E-mail, etc. Compared with analog environment, digital produces demand on new products from existing products ; 'digital leads to another digital.' Digital electronics need digital software, which repeatedly induces demand of digital ones. Also they allow to spread in connection of each other. As stepped up, the digital industry market is growing rapidly.
Especially, the digital hardware market is based on contents compatibility, counterbalancing each other. In addition, change of the digital market is considerably different from that of existing analog market. The main feature of digital market is that change speed is so fast. For example, there are mini electronic equipment used in daily life, including cellular phones and audios which are improving rapidly. Of them, a MP3 Player has become one of the symbols that represents digital environment as acoustic replayed instrument which is taking the place of LPs, compact cassette tapes and music CDs. For this reason, depression of the music market and problems on sound source copyright are looming largely as side effects. Nonetheless, the MP3 Player market continues to change in high capacity and multi-functioned ways. Namely, such products as MP3 Players are developing in a high speed and create the trend of consumers with lifestyle of consumers. With appearance from high capacity of hard disk types to function of a digital camera and an electronic dictionary, further more, to products with a multi player function that can save and replay moving images files, consumers require services above simple sound equipment, which is reflected to the trend of package design. iPod made in Apple which is the first runner in the related market is an extremely standard example, which is realized as a consumer-oriented communication instrument above product protection. It not only delivers products informa -tion uniquely and easily, but realizes a package that inspires users' affection as the design reflecting products' value. Domestic companies are keeping track of the trend, and here I will study development direction of package design keeping face with the trend of products as of coming out various products and packages issued in these fields. Catching on lifestyle of consumers in the digital market, I will figure out how to develope the business throughout background of a MP3 Player and its case study. By analyzing the trend of products and package design, I will understand and suggest importance of packages that meet consumers' emotion in design competitiveness based on case analysis.
I try to research consumers' dispositions by a survey for professional groups for securing objectiveness of these problems. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to point out the problems discovered by case study and positive research and suggest development strategy of package design available to consumers' trend.
According to trend change of digital products in this research, I hope that the research of package design is helpful for domestic and international research that leads to digital industry.