Orwell’s 1984 becomes the world’s first double-bound book – a powerful protest against censorship

To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden, together with BBDO Nordics, has created the world’s first double-bound book: a special unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984. The book is bound shut on both sides. And thought it holds all the chapters in print, it can’t be opened. It can’t be read. But it’s impossible to ignore. “We wanted […]