Lord of the Flies

Omni has been working as one of Faber and Faber's retained agencies over the past year and have some exciting projects planned.

Working in partnership with the Guardian, Faber asked us to design a microsite to promote a competition - calling on artists aged 13 to 16 to redesign the cover of William Golding's classic, Lord of the Flies.

The site features a video brief from Faber Art Director, Donna Payne, as well as advice from Neil Gower - who will not only judge the entries, but has twice designed the cover on previous editions.

The audience can share the competition, register for competition news, download the brief and upload their entries via the site.

Lord of the Flies was an unexpected bestseller, and was not a hit when initially published. It has gone on to sell millions of copies and its success was purely down to word of mouth, as the late Charles Monteith at Faber and Faber recalled 'The book began not only to be talked about but to sell and before long we had to order a reprint. In the United States, where we had great difficulty in placing it, it made little impression at first, but after a year or two, a paperback edition began to spread like forest fire through university campuses.'

The winner will see their artwork transformed by the Faber design team into a cover for the new cententary edition of Lord of the Flies.

Lord of the Flies has been summed up as "a savage analysis of what can happen when regimes fall, fear rules and power must be fought for"…so as relevant today as ever.

Visit the site here: lordofthefliescover.com