Digipacks are a type of CD packaging that can flip open like a book, or can have three parts, so that one portion of the packaging opens to the right and one to the left with the CD in the centre. Usually, the portion of the digipack that hold the CD is made of plastic like a traditional jewel case CD - the plastic part is simply attached to the paper background.
Digipacks were first created by MeadWestvaco, and their product, Digi-Pak is trademarked. As the format became more popular and began to be used by more manufacturers, the generic "digipack" came to be used to describe all soft CD packaging. The pros and cons are that they look nice, and many bands and labels like to use them for aesthetic reasons. The three section digipack sleeves opens up more design options because there is more room. However, they're more expensive than traditional liner notes and jewel cases. Digipacks can be more environmentally friendly than jewel cases because they can be made of recycled paper - however, they aren't always in fact made in this way. Also, Digipacks don't crack like jewel cases do, but they will rip and eventually the paper begins to peel apart and separate.
After looking at different types of digi pak, i have decided to create my digi pak similar to the one at the top, the "Boards of Canada" album. I have decided to do this because i feel it's more simple than having many bits to fold out, and so maybe is more eye catching/interesting. 
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