DJ and music producer, Lumin created a concept for a side project of his own: Puerto Rican Space Program. It was a way to express himself through experimental music that was a bit different from what he’s known for.
Since we have Puerto Rican heritage and he named the project Puerto Rican Space Program, we tapped into the island’s history for the album’s main graphic; I call it “the Helmet.” The Helmet is inspired by a number of carvings made by the Taíno Indians, the indigenous people of Puerto Rico.
Lumin had an idea for a symbol-based theme that played off of the Taíno carvings with a bit of a space feel. He sketched the basis for symbols that represented each song which I refined in Illustrator and applied to a kind of star chart for the track listing.
While the imagery was sci-fi, he wanted the feel of the packaging to be low-fi and hands on. We had ink stamps produced for the front graphic and back logo. The texture the stamps provide is reminiscent of stone carvings found in Puerto Rico. Lumin personally applied the stamps to each copy of the album cover by hand, along with a die-cut transparent sticker of the track list.
While the imagery was sci-fi, he wanted the feel of the packaging to be low-fi and hands on.
From start to finish, this album was a labor of love. If you’re lucky, you may still be able to pick up your own copy here.