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Electronic duo Ultramarine have released their limited edition four-track 7'' EP Blackwaterside (St Jude’s Prints, £12.99) with design collective and print gallery, Random Spectacular.

The project draws its influence from the Blackwater Estuary, where the river meets the sea on the River Blackwater between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex. Glaswegian printmaker Bronwen Sleigh created the three-colour lithograph for the wraparound cover which contains the vinyl and a 28-page booklet featuring photography by Ian Cooper of ‘Survey East’ and poetry by Philip Terry.

Forme 01 (New North Press, £7.50) is the first of a new letterpress zine edited, designed and printed by Richard Ardagh of New North Press. The striking three-colour publication – described as a ‘typographic exploration of words, language and understanding’ – delves into the subject of ‘Untruth’ with an article written by cognitive neuroscientist Neil Garrett who explores the world of fake news and misinformation, revealing how our brains react to potentially false messages, and what motivates us to investigate further. The broadside publication is set in wood and metal by hand, with Garrett’s essay set in hot metal by Harry McIntosh. The next issue of Forme will look at swearing.

Good Trouble ($10) is an independent sixteen-page broadsheet newspaper with ‘Unmanifesto’ supplement, edited by Roderick Stanley (ex-Dazed) and designed by Richard Turley and Sophie Abady. The second issue (no. 22, the magazine is counting down rather than up!) celebrates the culture of resistance, publishing stories of politics and protest merged with art and humanities. It is a heartening read, including a conversation with activist and Second World War veteran Harry Leslie Smith (‘Rebellion is a damn good thing’) and a short interview with the 60-strong Resistance Revival Chorus, among many other features. See ‘Taking care of business’, Simon Esterson’s interview with Turley, in Eye 90.

Good Chemistry Brewing is a Bristol-based brewery with eye-catching ‘data-driven’ labels – each beer is represented by an infographic illustration that ‘describes’ its flavour – designed by Nahim Afzal’s Confederation Studio.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of East London printers Calverts, Design For Today published The Print Shop: A Celebration of Print (£10). The miniature concertina-fold artefact, illustrated by Alice Pattullo, is formed of fourteen double-sided panels that document the process of printing a book, from design to finished product. This beautifully crafted leporello book incorporates various printing techniques in its own composition, from Risograph printing to foiling and die-cuts.

Mhairi Lockett, illustrator, Eye editorial assistant, Brighton

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