RAN a film by Akira Kurosawa
Client I STUDIOCANAL UK & KADOKAWA
Art Director I Alison Arber
Brief I Create the full packaging illustration, design and concepts for the 40th anniversary of Akira Kurosawa's epic, RAN.
Deliverables I Concept, layout, title and primary typography for collector's edition DVD.
Includes I Packaging cover (front and back), outer slipcase (front and back), outer slipcase lining (pattern), inner slipcase cover (front and back), Digipack art (interior and exterior), disc art, booklet cover (front and back), hand typography.
RAN 40th Anniversary theatrical release poster. Designed to work both as a one-sheet (vertical) and quad (horizontal). Available as a limited edition print here.
Outer packaging art and taco with typography.
Outer packaging art and taco with typography.
Outer slipcase (back) without typography.
Inner slip case with typography.
Inner slip case (front)
Inner slip case (front)
Inner slip case (back)
Digipack (four panel) cover + 3 panels.
Diggipack (inner) four-panel.
Digipack (inner) four-panel + disc art.
Booklet (front and back)
Booklet (front)
PROCESS
Sketches, ideation and planning for the design system for the packaging. A key concept was that the 4-sided digipack could function as a free-standing, four-sided castle.
pattern for the slipcase lining, referencing Lady Kaede's kimono from her fatal scene.
RAN 40th Anniversary poster included as part of the final packaging. Available soon as a limited edition print here.