I'm a sucker for newsprint being used for anything other than a newspaper. In this sense Newspaper Club is one of my favourite services of the internet era. Just a brilliant idea that I was so pleased to have the excuse to use way back when.

A thing I've always liked about newsprint also is the compassion that's caused by the fold (the origin of 'above the fold' that I bet some digital native folk know only in relation to webpages). In this case, my forced left half fold above the fold creates an intriguing peek of masthead, details and cover illustration. Such a lovely format for creating interaction and inviting discovery.

These Tom Dixon papers were likely picked up from some design even or festival. The kind of place I can't resist collecting from. In this issue (I have one other) I found it funny to see the 'can design save the world' question. I'm of the Deyan Sudjic opinion that 'nothing else will' and I say 'funny to see' because I almost can't believe this isn't a clear and agreed on stance.

Design is THE driving force of humanity. Every major progression and development has been born from the human capacity to imagine, shape, and refine the world through deliberate and thoughtful DESIGN. How else are we going to progress other than to design?

Saving the world (which really we should be honest and say is about saving ourselves) can only happen through design. Solutions and improvements won't just evolve. That process got us to this point, and now the leg up we've created is the design process.

I digress.

Also resonant with me in this edition is the bit on rubber bands! I've talked about them a lot over the years, since starting to collect the red ones left by postal workers in the early 2000s. Not only are they genuinely useful little tools in day to day life, but wonder metaphors for design, innovation, ingenuity, and pattern finding. Top tip: Carry some, always, in your back left pocket and just see how often over the weeks you'll find a use for them.

Finally in newsprint love: The double page spread centrefold. Such a wonderful format. Always nice to see it being used for something big and bold to pause the pace of the rest of the paper.