Print Roundup: January 2019

Every month, we print hundreds of exciting, creative, well-designed newspapers and put together a roundup of our favourites. Welcome to our first edition of 2019!

Below, some of the newspapers that stood out in January: an illustrated guide to the immigrant-run restaurants of Kansas City, Missouri, a visual tribute to the music of Prince and a new surfing magazine that's opening up the sport to newcomers.

MUCH Presents: David McLeod

Digital mini printed on 55sgm improved newsprint

Australian artist David McLeod creates surreal digital illustrations for brands like Nike, IBM, Dropbox and MAC Cosmetics. His agency, MUCH Creative, created this mini newspaper as a lightweight alternative to the standard artist portfolio.

“We wanted something to showcase our artist’s work that could also be left behind, shared and collected,” says MUCH founder Matthew LeBaron. “Our clients LOVE the newspaper format—the details are sharp, the colors pop and the textures shine through every image.”

Open Belly Guide

Traditional tabloid printed on 70gsm improved paper

Open Belly is a new podcast exploring the food culture of Kansas City, Missouri through stories from immigrant chefs. This free newspaper is a guide to the 10 restaurants featured in season one, designed and (wonderfully!) illustrated by Frank Norton.

Fearless

Digital tabloid printed on 55gsm improved newsprint

We've printed several newspapers for OHZ, a small gallery in Oviedo, Spain. This latest tabloid accompanied the exhibition Fearless, which paired illustrations by artist María Perera with words by poet Cova Álvarez.

If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam

Traditional tabloid printed on 52gsm recycled newsprint

Twenty-seven artists created works inspired by the music of Prince for If I Was Your Girlfriend: A Jam, an exhibition at Belmacz Gallery celebrating the the singer’s legacy.

This newspaper catalogue—which includes a playlist compiled by Jarvis Cocker—was designed by Craig Sinnamon. “I was really keen to add gradiated purple punctuation,” he says. “This was my reference to Prince’s love of symbols—it took me a day to colour every piece of punctuation in all the texts. I was aware of the risk of colour misregistration, but I felt the risk was worth taking. We were not disappointed.”

New Market Goods lookbook

Digital tabloid printed on 90gsm bright paper

New Market Goods works with artisans in Bangladesh to produce hand-woven garments made in ethical factories. They used a tabloid newspaper to launch their 2019 collection: “Normally, we print small postcards but we love our photography [shot by Tropico Photo] and think the tabloid format really helps celebrate it in large format!”

Twenty Magazine — The Sport of Surfing

Digital tabloid printed on 90gsm bright paper

Despite taking its name from the rare perfect score in a surfing contest, Twenty Magazine aims to make the sport more accessible to newcomers. In the third issue, published as a tabloid newspaper, we meet a woman who hopped on a board for the first time at age 52 and learn about artificial wave machines that are opening up surfing to a larger audience. (The cover illustration above by Xiao Hua Yang shows Surf Ranch,  a 700-yard wave pool in Lemoore, California.)

Vanish Extra

Digital tabloid printed on 55gsm improved newsprint

Crit is a collective of artists, writers and designers based in New York City. Founded in 2017, the group gathers every other week to discuss ideas, share inspiration and present works in progress—at the end of each semester, they organise a group show.

“Since our first exhibition, we’ve printed catalogs for each show using Newspaper Club,” says Crit co-founder Elie Andersen. “We love the opportunity to create a piece that’s informational and beautiful enough to serve as a token of memory for our community.”

The Daisy Times for Daisy London

Traditional mini printed on 70gsm improved paper

British jewellery brand Daisy London tucks a copy of The Daisy Times in with online orders. The mini newspaper elevates the story behind each collection, like a recent collaboration with Estée Lalonde, through interviews, articles and behind-the-scenes photographs.

Ozone Design

Traditional mini printed on 55gsm improved newsprint

Fun for your feet! This catalogue for sock brand Ozone is filled with designs inspired by everything from subway maps to Frank Lloyd Wright.

Outdoor Diversity

Digital tabloid printed on 55gsm improved newsprint

Frida Häggström, Simon Nilsson and Gustaf Montelius—all graphic design students at Konstfack University of Arts—created this newspaper for Outdoor Diversity, an exhibition at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair that explored furniture in public spaces.

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