Penguin publishing just rereleased five of George Orwell’s best works—1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, Homage to Catalonia, and Politics and the English Language—as “Great Orwell” editions.
While the classic texts themselves haven’t changed, their covers have been reimagined by David Pearson, an award winning typographer and designer. For the cover of 1984, he’s able to fully captures both the premise and dystopian tone of Orwell’s work simply by redacting the title and byline. [Penguin UK via CR Blog]












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Absolutely perfect timing for 1984 as the communications data bill (aka the snoopers charter) still enjoys the support of the Home Secretary (working out of the Ministry of Truth one would Assume.
But surely a more appropriate idea would be to leave the title, but just force everybody who buys the book to write their name and address into a register, which is what the proposed bill would effectively do to all your browser history. Poor old Orwell is probably turning in his grave.