BBDO Nordics, Dawit Isaak Library Bind Orwell’s 1984 in Protest Against Censorship - Adobo Magazine Online

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

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 to create a symbol that would be integral to the library’s fight against censorship.

BBDO Nordics, Dawit Isaak Library bind Orwell’s 1984 in protest against censorship - adobo Magazine Online

MALMO, SWEDEN –To mark Banned Books Week 2025, the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden – recognized as the world’s first library dedicated to freedom of speech has collaborated with BBDO Nordics to create a striking symbol of protest: a double-bound, unreadable edition of George Orwell’s 1984. Bound shut on both sides, this exclusive edition cannot be opened or read, yet it cannot be ignored. Containing every chapter in print but sealed by design, the…

For Banned Books Week, a Library in Sweden Created an Unreadable Edition of 1984

Banned or not, this edition of 1984 is positively unreadable. The Dawit Isaak Library in Malmo, Sweden, and BBDO Nordics created special copies of George Orwell's dystopian nightmare for Banned Books Week. The double-bound volumes—sealed shut on both sides—draws attention to the increase of book bans and censorship worldwide. (A few years ago, Rethink and