German designer and researcher Franziska Sofia Meeder brings together over a dozen contributors in a 180-page publication examining how identity is constructed at the intersection of culture, gender and the technologies of our time. The question at the centre of A Collection of Modern Self is one that design is…
Paris-based creative trio Diana Castro, Maëva Grande and Laure Guillaud of Annexe Studio turned the visual language of the weekly supermarket leaflet against itself in a limited newsprint publication that is equal parts seduction and disruption. The supermarket leaflet is one of the most thoroughly ignored pieces of design in…
English-Italian editor, photographer and founder Elena Fazzino has built Garden Party Magazine from a private Instagram account into an independently published, community-led print publication that asks its readers to slow down and pay attention. The name came first. Garden Party was a private Instagram account Elena Fazzino started around 2017,…
Founded in 2024 by writer and editor JAKE MIKE BOY, GUTS Magazine is a new independent print publication exploring offal, food culture and the people who work in hospitality. The first issue brings together 33 contributors from around the world, creating a wide-ranging look at how interior organs appear in…
Designer Yaheng Li’s project Quarantine Tales explores how human emotions repeat across history. Presented as a newspaper-style graphic narrative, the work follows two fictional storytellers living through two different pandemics: Elissa during the 14th century Black Death and Panfilo during the Covid pandemic. Their voices run in parallel across the…
For the fourth edition of Cairo Art Book Fair, the organisers and Cairo-based creative agency NTSAL introduced a playful new approach to visual identity. Instead of producing a single fixed poster, they sent out poster kits to artists across the city, inviting them to reinterpret the materials and return their…
EYEYAH! has released Issue 09: Anger, an illustration-led publication that explores one of the most complex and often misunderstood human emotions through visual storytelling, science and interactive learning. Created for children, educators and curious adults, the issue approaches anger not as something to suppress, but as a signal that can…
Order/Disorder is the debut monograph of generative artist Tyler Hobbs, bringing his algorithm-driven practice into the physical world through a carefully crafted printed publication. Commissioned by Hobbs’ studio and developed in collaboration with Unit London and Hurtwood Books, the project documents the artist’s work from 2018 to 2023 while exploring…
At the height of a crowded international book fair, where hundreds of publishers compete for attention and tables overflow with printed matter, WIRWIR PUBLISHES chose a different approach. Instead of simply displaying books, they invited participation. Armed with a manual typewriter, they asked visitors a deceptively simple question: what is…
There is something special about leaving a gig with more than just ringing ears and a setlist memory. For Brighton-based illustrator and musician Amy Charlton, that something is a hand-folded zine. Murphy’s Medicine MediZine is a self-made publication created for her band, Murphy’s Medicine. Each issue is hand-drawn and hand-painted…
Some experiences are almost impossible to explain. You can describe them, define them, even diagnose them, but that does not mean someone else will understand what they actually feel like. For UK-based illustrator and printmaker Kate Rolfe, dyslexia was one of those experiences. Wiggling Words, published by Two Hoots /…
For more than a century, the matchday programme has been part of football’s ritual. Bought before kick-off, read in the stands, and taken home as proof you were there. For many supporters, it sits alongside scarves and ticket stubs as a physical reminder of the day. But as digital media…
The team behind the largest letterpress printing press of its kind in the world has published a new book titled TOGETHER, bringing together works created in collaboration with communities across Yorkshire and beyond. At the heart of the project is the Guinness World Record-holding People Powered Press. Built by JKN…
Sergio Membrillas has gathered a year’s worth of concert posters into a single newspaper-format publication, creating what feels like both an archive and a snapshot of a specific moment in his practice. Produced under the name Office of Professional Illustration, the 24-page newspaper brings together posters designed for bands across…
Io Ritorno is a self-initiated risograph-printed, spiral-bound zine by Michael Vasquez, created under the name Vasqmic. Printed at Outlet in Portland, Oregon, where he previously worked as a studio assistant, the publication uses the studio’s materials and processes as a direct extension of his own practice. At its core, Io…
The Sky Tonight is a self-directed thriller series written and designed by Jemima Schejbal, also known as Cosmic Dove. Sitting at the intersection of editorial design and narrative fiction, the project deconstructs the wonder of the cosmos into a tense, unfolding mystery. Through print, material choice, and image-making, the series…
Confini is an independent fanzine project conceived and curated by Fred Cigno that brings together photography, writing, illustration, and type design to reflect on borders in their many forms. Developed collaboratively by a group of creatives living in and around Cuneo, near the border between Italy and France, the project…
Independent bookshops across the UK are set to receive a significant boost, as Penguin Random House announces a major new funding initiative aimed at inspiring young readers during the National Year of Reading. The Penguin Children’s Bookshop Grant 2026 will make up to £150,000 available to independent bookshops, supporting creative…
Indiecon Festival has announced its International Travel Grant open call for 2026, offering six funded opportunities for independent publishers to attend, exhibit, and actively participate in one of Germany’s largest independent publishing festivals. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2026. Held in Hamburg from September 4–6, 2026, Indiecon brings…
Ask This Book a Question is an illustrated, interactive book by designer and author Vicki Tan that rethinks how books can support decision-making. Rather than offering advice or fixed answers, the book invites readers to begin with a personal question and move through its pages intuitively. Through structure, story, and…