Reimagination of the Day: Graphic designer Alex Charchar, bored with the existing stock of cover art for George Orwellβs 1984, decided to design a facade for the book that made use of its content in a strikingly inventive way: βA cover as if it were made by those in the novel.β
Charchar explains the coverβs significant in depth here, but note that his essay contains a few big spoilers.
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Such an obvious idea, when you think about it, but so well executed.
Reimagining Nineteen
I just spent a good 20 minutes looking for this on google. Saw it on tumblr a few weeks ago and I should have reblogged...
Oh, brilliant. I went with this concept a little earlier last semester when I had to retypeset Notes From Underground...
love the concept, although i already own it i would love this edition
Such an obvious idea, when you think about it,...so well executed.