First published in 1851, Moby Dick is widely

regarded as one of the greatest novels in

the English laguage. It is the epic story

of Captain Ahab, the vengeful whalor, and

his pursuit of Moby Dick, the elusive white

whale who destroyed his boat and left Ahab

a crippled and obsessive monomaniac.

This edition, designed by eleven students of

design at the University of Michigan – Flint,

returns the story to it’s original three volume

form. Each student responded to the prose

through typographic treatment and design.

Clarity was the port of departure, content

was the captain, and – ever elusive – was the

quest to balance positive and negative form:

the obsessive desire for white space.



Designers (Vol. 1)

SECTION 1 / CHAPTERS 01 - 12 Jordan Wallace

SECTION 2 / CHAPTERS 13 - 23 Terry Hale

SECTION 3 / CHAPTERS 24 - 35 Elizabeth Thomas