New cover design for Orwell’s best-known work, 1984. According to Creative Review, the designer, David Pearson, made it so that the book’s title and Orwell’s name were debossed, then almost completely obscured by black foiling, leaving just “enough of a dent for the title to be determined.” No doubt, the design plays on the whole idea of censorship, “referencing the rewriting of history carried out by the novel’s Ministry of Truth.” [Open Culture @openculture]

https://www.openculture.com/2024/02/the-cover-of-george-orwells-1984-becomes-less-censored-with-wear-tear.html

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