==Artwork and packaging==
The original version of the CD has unique packaging. The disc is in a slimline "import single" style jewel case with a jJ-card insert. This case, along with a separate booklet, are housed in a slipcase with the album cover art on it. The cassette is housed in a slipcover with a spiral-fold J-card insert.
[[Image:Wound.jpg|thumb|"Wound", the basis for the album cover]]
[[Image:TDSinnercover.jpg|thumb|''The Downward Spiral'' inner cover art]]
[[Image:Semaphoreofwings.jpg|thumb|"The Semaphore of Wings", the basis for the booklet images]]
On his website[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080842/https://www.russellmills.com/mills/installations/committere.html], [[Russell Mills]] explained the ideas and materials used for the paintings that became the album cover and the inner cover/jJ-card insert.
About "Wound" (used for the album cover):