| Oyster's Design Team Puts New Covers on Old Classics There are many reasons why classic books become classics—some are timeless stories, while others changed the world by introducing revolutionary ideas. Still others are referred to again and again as classics, but when you ask around, nobody's taken the time to actually read them. We love introducing readers to great classic books they haven't gotten around to reading. As part of that effort, we think these books deserve modern covers worthy of their content—hopefully a lot better than the tattered version you carried around with you for 10th grade English. That's why, as you may have seen in the Oyster library, we've designed quite a few original Oyster Edition covers for classic books. In doing so, we've taken special care to design them specifically for digital devices—taking advantage of what designer (and Oyster advisor) Craig Mod has called a "chance to reconsider how we think about covers." To give you an idea of how we created our Oyster Editions, we asked our incredibly talented design team to take a moment to share with us how they approached the design process. And if you're looking for a great gift to put under the tree this year, you can buy a limited-edition poster of one of these covers with an Oyster gift subscription between now and December 14. 
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale "Moby-Dick is a story with a few iconic motifs (the whale, Ahab, the wide expanse of ocean) and has probably been taken on by more designers than any other classic cover. Typographically I kept things pretty traditional, making sure not to forget the dash in ‘Moby-Dick.’ Visually, the design is focused on the white whale's evasiveness—surrounded by harpoons but out of reach, just a bundle of tangled line." – Willem Van Lancker 
The Secret Garden "For The Secret Garden I wanted to avoid depicting a) a lock, b) a wooden gate, c) a young girl and some ivy, or d) any other visual manifestation of a ‘secret.’ So instead I put the focus on a schoolbook-like plant illustration interwoven and hiding the book's title set in a starkly modern typeface. A new take on a classic childhood story… And it looks like I did use a bit of a metaphor for ‘secrets’ after all!" – Willem Van Lancker 
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "At its heart, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a story about freedom—idealized in Huck's case, and basic in Jim’s. I chose imagery of a hooked fish and a floating log as symbols of the ideas of captivity and liberation. To emulate the simplicity of a life on the river, it was important to me that the cover be simple and include bold, rough-hewn elements.” – Brian Mitchell 
Peter Pan "We all have such a distinct, collective conception of who Peter Pan is. With this cover, I wanted to embrace that commonality with not only the character, but also the picture book vernacular that we so commonly associate with childhood. For me it was important this illustration felt familiar, but also presented a new visual wrinkle in this classic’s long lineage.” – Damien Correll | 
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