We printed over 3 million newspapers in 2025. These are 10 favourites

This was the year AI seemed inescapable, which made it all the more rewarding to see people making creative decisions with real ink on paper.

We printed over 3 million newspapers in 2025 – from tried-and-true minis, tabloids and broadsheets to the first orders on our new midis. Every copy was a reminder that there's value in creating something tangible.

Of course, some stood out more than others. These are 10 newspapers that made us look again (and again) - whether for their exceptional design, clever storytelling, the purpose behind them or simply for the joy they created on the page.

Gallery gazette

This seasonal dispatch from 8 Holland Street folds the gallery into a broadsheet. The cover of the summer edition featured a bright, textural work by British artist Joseph Goody, which could double as a poster. Inside each issue are artist profiles, gallery happenings and immensely covetable new arrivals.

"We love how easy the process is and that Newspaper Club offers playful, sustainable options!" - 8 Holland Street

Monochrome machines

In 1975, Daniel Meadows photographed the last steam-powered cotton mill in Pendle, Lancashire. The images were exhibited in a touring show, sent to galleries and community centres from the Shetland Islands to Germany – until the show was lost.

Now fifty years later, a new exhibition revisits the work. Shuttles, Steam and Soot is accompanied by three tabloids produced by the British Journal of Photography with Bluecoat Press. The large format lets readers take in the scale of the machinery and see the fine details of the mill and its workers.

“Newspaper is an accessible, democratic format to share this project,” says Mick Moore, CEO of the British Journal of Photography. “Newspaper Club’s digital printing produced really deep and luscious blacks and our readers notice details like this. It’s given the product the quality feel we were after.”

I do(oodle)

Of all the wedding newspapers we printed this year (and there were lots), we’re sure this is the only one specifically for the kids’ table. May and James Murphy were married in September, and their little guests were kept busy with an activity booklet impeccably designed by May herself. Printed on our tabloids, it included a quiz, colouring page, word search and a box to draw the bride and groom.

If you’re getting married soon, you’re in luck: May’s turned the design into a free Canva template for other couples to customise!

Grassroots goals

The Football Foundation is England’s largest sports charity, working to expand access to the game. This year they've been sharing updates in a tabloid, printed on earthy salmon newsprint.

Most copies go to local MPs, who are “used to more conventional communications,” says Mat Giles, creative director at Studio Mean, the agency behind the design. “The newspaper offers far more engagement and tactility than standard glossy brochures.”

After four editions, Mat says: “Designing a newspaper comes with unique print limitations, which is ironically a liberating aspect of the format. Margins, pagination, show-through – all this adds to the charm. You never quite know what you're going to get!”

Analogue edit

“Newsprint zines offer a different experience than a perfect-bound book,” says photographer Chris Bernabeo. “Something about them feels more intimate.” His 56-page mini zine, the continuation of a series he began in 2017, collects analogue photos from the past year. Playful pairings of images – like a bubble gun opposite a woman drinking bubbly from the bottle – invite thoughtful examination.

“I love print, and taking a body of work and sequencing and editing it down is a thrill,” Chris says. “Having the photographs live together in something tangible is, in my opinion, the best way for them to be viewed.”

"I think people really respond to seeing my work in print because it’s not common to present it that way. It’s nice to sit down with it and really take it in."

Groucho goingson

We’d never join any club that would have us as members – but we’re very happy our newspapers made it into The Groucho Club. The London institution launched a quarterly tabloid this year to share news and cultural programming, plus interviews like a conversation between Richard E. Grant and Lolly Adefope. The highlight of creating this first issue, says editor Callum McGeoch, was collaborating with illustrator Jo Ratcliffe. Feedback has been “hugely positive” from their (notably discerning) community.

Puzzles, please

Since June, Sunday Club has delivered 12 pages of brain-teasing puzzles each month in classic tabloid format. Founder Ira Blossom created the print subscription to help people “slow down and unplug.” Made in collaboration with puzzle experts and illustrators, it recently got a shout out in Rolling Stone, where an editor called it “a game-changer (pun intended) for my downtime.”

Dog day 

At the Westminster Dog Show, it’s not just the dogs on display. Jonah Rosenberg captures the dynamic between animals and their people in this tabloid collection of images shot for The New York Times, paired with poems by Madeline Gilmore. Working with Madeline and designer Matt Wolff on the layout gave Jonah a rare chance to collaborate in a line of work that’s often solitary.

“The endpoint for my images is usually a tiny screen so it’s exciting to share photos in a much larger format,” says Jonah. “People love receiving printed objects!”

Creative construction

We launched our new midi size in October, and one of the first people to try it was Minnesota-based author and illustrator Joseph Kuefler. He printed a colouring book starring the cast of his Digger series, which is just the sort of hands-on, playful use we imagined for the format. “I love the tactility of newsprint,” Joseph says. “The feel, the smell, all of it!”

Event ephemera

Deem is a platform exploring design as social practice. In October, their annual Designing for Dignity symposium brought artists, architects, educators and designers – including Theaster Gates, Mabel O. Wilson and Edra Soto – to MCA Chicago for two days of conversations. This gorgeous 3-colour mini newspaper was both a schedule of events and a keepsake from the weekend.

"Newspaper Club makes the design and printing process extremely streamlined." -Deem

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