9 newspapers we loved in August

It’s last call for summer newspapers around here! August’s roundup captures the best of the season: Olivia Rodrigo fans got all-purple tabloids outside her Hyde Park show, London College of Communication grads handed out a sticker-packed zine at their degree show and Bagel Magazine served up a Wimbledon broadsheet special. Keep scrolling for more newspapers we loved this month.

Headline act

Good (news) 4 you! The Livie Times was handed out to fans outside Olivia Rodrigo’s summer shows in Hyde Park and Manchester.  Produced by creative agency Fabyl, designed by Sophie Sinnott and printed (in all purple!) on our tabloids.

Studio dispatch

FT Studio, the creative arm of the Financial Times’ commercial team, produces “well-told stories for well-read audiences.” The second edition of their annual newspaper brings a year of brand client work together in one place.

The tabloid is “a tangible take-away in a quick-digest economy,” says creative director Samuel Moppett. “The newspaper adds presence and attitude and it doesn’t have to fight for attention online.”

Courtside coverage

For Wimbledon, Bagel Magazine swapped its usual glossy mag for a special-edition broadsheet, featuring photo stories, style guides and excerpts of new books from sports journalists Christopher Clarey, Giri Nathan and Molly McElwee.

Using newsprint meant bigger visuals (ideal for photographer Julian Finney’s player portraits) and a much wider print run to hand out at the tournament.

“It was a fun challenge to tell our kind of stories in a new format and we’re super happy with the results,” says founder Stuart Brumfitt. “We did free distribution at Wimbledon and it was a joy to see people picking it up, reading it and handing it around friends.”

Riso revisited

It’s Natural was illustrator Nathaniel Russell’s monthly column for The Smudge, a riso newspaper published by Clay Hickson and Liana Jegers from 2017 to 2021. Now, all 56 columns have been brought together in a single newsprint edition, printed on our digital minis to keep “the same ephemeral feel” as the original.

“Revisiting the work offered a really nice snapshot of the incredibly weird 5 years in which they were made,” says Clay. “We’ve had a great response so far!”

Raissa's rules

What happens when you give multi-disciplinary designer Raissa Pardini 100 digital broadsheets and total creative freedom? You get a giant, gloriously unreadable poster of her 10 design rules, which include “Use colour like you mean it” and “Say no to boring type.”

“I made the artwork barely legible on purpose because I wanted to have FUN,” says Raissa. Watch her video to see how the project came together.

Cuppa copy

Dito Coffee swapped the standard product sell sheet for a tabloid newspaper packed with the playful shapes, colours and sticker motifs from their packaging. Printed on salmon newsprint to make the brand’s purple pop, it was “a refreshing change compared with the normal day-to-day design projects,” says designer Grant Wortley. "I loved how much space there was to play with!" Trade show guests were so taken with it that they told the team they've hung copies up at home.

 

 

Occupied pages

This Page is an Occupied Territory is a “newspaper-poem” written by poet Adeena Karasick and visualised by designer Warren Lehrer. Created in response to the war in Gaza, the tabloid presents “the page itself as an occupied territory,” explains Warren. “As the poem progresses, the text and occupied spaces become more and more boxed in, askew, and rubbled to pieces.”

Steven Heller at PRINT Magazine calls it “a publishing ‘event’… the perfect marriage of method and meaning.” The newspaper has won a 2025 Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 100 Award and a Gold Medal from the 2025 MUSE Creative Awards, and is performed at live events alongside digital projections of its pages. Read an interview with Warren about the project in PRINT. 

Sticker showcase

London College of Communication’s Graphic Branding & Identity course handed out 600 minis at their graduate show – and they “flew off the proverbial shelf,” says senior lecturer Harriet Beesley.

Each student designed an ‘I’ sticker to show their identity as a designer, with all of them collected in the catalogue alongside graduate work. Printed on our minis for “the stickerbook vibe,” they were a hit with industry visitors at both the show and D&AD New Blood.

“It was a really effective way of getting our students in front of potential employers,” says Harriet. “We can’t wait to do it again next year!”

Practice print

In Practice is a new newspaper from Alma, a platform supporting mental health professionals. Made to “meet providers where they are, in their offices and in their lives,” the tabloid features expert voices on topics from AI to navigating insurance – plus a word search for a bit of fun.

The Alma team worked closely with real providers to shape the content: “We didn’t just talk about community, we built with it,” they say. “Our contributor list is long for a reason!”

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