Trippy posters and steamy zines: 8 newspapers we loved in October

Every month, we look through the thousands of newspapers we’ve printed and pick some of the most interesting, well-designed ones to share. This time we've got a steamy bathhouse zine (shot by Ryan McGinley for NY Mag), trippy posters from Bráulio Amado, a reboot of Skye's long-lost community newspaper  – and more, hot off the press!

Steam team

Format: Custom trimmed tabloid (traditionally-printed) / Paper: 80gsm bright

Last month, New York Magazine launched its first ever Men’s Style issue. Photographer Ryan McGinley shot the cover feature, which involved spending three days at a 134-year-old bathhouse in the East Village with some men of the moment, including Troye Sivan, Marlon James, Elliot Page, Jeremy O. Harris and Mike Faist.

They ended up with more photos than could fit in the magazine, so there was only one thing to do: print a limited-run, 40-page zine to share the rest! "We created such beautiful work that it felt impossible to contain it to a single format," says Ryan.

The Baths features images from the original feature plus 43 more photos published for the first time. It was printed on our traditional offset press on 80gsm bright paper, then stapled and trimmed to a special size.

"Making zines is important to me as a photographer. I love newsprint because of how beautifully it captures color and the texture it gives the images." –Ryan McGinley

The one-night-only exhibition and launch party at the Turkish & Russian Baths was the hottest ticket in town – huge prints were on display in the sauna, with the temp turned up over 180 degrees!

But you don't have to schvitz to get your hands on a copy. It's also for sale at some of our favourite independent print retailers in NYC: Printed Matter (who let us share their fabulous photos here – thank you!), Casa Magazines, Dashwood Books and Iconic Magazines.

Four poster spread

Format: Broadsheet (digitally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

“There’s no real concept except playfulness,” says Portuguese illustrator Bráulio Amado about his latest newspaper. Since 2011, Bráulio has printed dozens of projects with Newspaper Club, most of them visual experiments he makes just for fun when he’s not creating album artwork for Harry Styles and The Rolling Stones. Our broadsheet is his format of choice: “The bigger the better!" he says.

The 8-page newspaper can be pulled apart into four double-spread posters. The title is Montes de Montes, a play on words that Bráulio explains can be translated as either “Piles of Piles” or “Lots of Hills.”

I love seeing my work printed and being able to hold it in my hands. It changes everything. –Braulio Amado

Mini years in the making

Format: Tabloid (traditionally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

For this year’s London Design Festival, Pentagram and Deus Ex Machina celebrated the Mini Cooper’s racing legacy with an exhibition featuring a 1965 Mini Cooper S, reimagined with a custom livery by designer Matt Willey.

This 60-page tabloid, available free at the show, charts the history of the “small, cheeky and unbothered” car from the 1950s to the present and also includes a pull-out poster by Matt Willey.

Skye News

Format: Tabloid (traditionally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

The Dùdan is a one-off, self-published newspaper by artist Caitlin Ferguson, developed following an open call from ATLAS Arts exploring the history and continuing culture of self-publishing.

It’s inspired by the Clarion of Skye, the Scottish island’s first self-published newspaper, which ran from 1951 to 1957. Caitlin invited locals to respond to headlines from the Clarion through stories, poems and artwork. The result is a playful, thoughtful dialogue across generations, exploring how Skye has changed and how its communities choose to tell their stories now.

At the launch party, I walked into a room of sixty-odd heads hidden behind open newspapers! –Caitlin Ferguson

“If I’d produced a perfect-bound wee book, I know people would have tucked it carefully into a bag and taken it home to read privately," says Caitlin. "The newspaper format removed that preciousness and felt much more in keeping with what I wanted The Dùdan to be.” Free copies are available across Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh while supplies last.

And the winner is...

Format: Tabloid (digitally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

Earlier this year, we teamed up with Studio Playground for an open call asking creatives to pitch us their ideas for a newspaper, with one winner getting their project printed for free. The winning pitch came from Swedish illustrator Pontus Björlin – and here it is, at long last, in print!

Newsprint is beautiful, creative and connected to the low-brow vibe of old-school comic magazines.–Pontus Bjorlin

It’s the second instalment of Superfiktion, a tongue-in-cheek superhero comic Pontus makes with writer Mattias Danielsson. The format changes with each instalment: the first one was risograph-printed, and this time it’s on our tabloid. The 24-page newspaper introduces a space hero named Bruce Heart, illustrated by Pontus using fine liner and a kids’ watercolour set.

"Everyone who's seen it thinks it looks really cool, and we've sold a bunch of copies!" says Pontus. Get yourself a copy on Etsy.

Family recipes from Gaza

Format: Mini (digitally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

Hopefuel is a collection of traditional Palestinian recipes from 19-year-old Nadim Qudaih and his family in Gaza, brought together by a group of friends to support them. The cookbook features recipes for homemade baked goods including ghraybeh, a shortbread-style biscuit, and barazek, a crisp sesame biscuits with pistachios. 

The mini newspaper was designed by Hayden Davis and Evan Kirby, with editing by Nell Stevens, food styling by Caroline Tribe and photography by Mario Alcauter. You can order copies here – all proceeds go to Nadim and his family.

Community of kindness

Format: Mini (digitally-printed) / Paper: 55gsm improved

Community of Kindness is a public art project led by Look Again Newhaven in collaboration with Lewes District Council and artist Supermundane. Local school children created over 2,500 artworks and positive messages which were displayed this summer on banners, posters and billboards across East Sussex. This mini newspaper is a permanent record of the project and something for the young people involved to cherish.

Big news from the Big Sky State

Format: Broadsheet (traditionally-printed) / Paper: 52gsm recycled

Anemone is a print-only magazine out of Montana devoted to “the imperiled analog perspective,” in the words of editor Mike Somerby. The first edition, printed on our broadsheets, launched this summer with 20 pages of creative nonfiction, short stories, poetry, photography and art.

“Few, if any, digital platforms extend readers the most basic of courtesies: a chance to dig in without a peripheral swarm of ‘content’ jamming its way into one’s eyeballs,” says Mike. “This bums us out, and so we have devised our own modest countermeasure. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. If I may speak a bit more transactionally – yes, there have been plenty of sales and advertiser inquiries!”

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