Newspapers Pop Art

2024 marks 155 years since the first ever halftone image was printed on the 30th of October 1869.

Using dots of varying sizes to make up the printed image, halftone revolutionised the use of photographs in publications. Its retro simplicity, replaced in the 90s by the use of digital printing in newspapers & magazines, has inspired Art & Hue’s signature style.

Invented by printers & publishers William Leggo & George-Édouard Desbarats, the World’s first ever printed halftone image appeared on the launch issue of the weekly magazine Canadian Illustrated News. The pair went on to publish the first halftone image in a daily newspaper, the New York Daily Graphic, in 1880.

To celebrate the momentous anniversary, Art & Hue presents Newspapers, a new collection of stylish pop art featuring people reading newspapers, the tactile traditional print media which, whilst facing competition from digital outlets, is still beloved by many.

Presented in tones of Blush (a soft pale pink in a nod to some salmon-coloured newspapers) and Copper (more autumnal terracotta than bright orange, in recognition of historic “copperplate” printing), the collection is available in three sizes & 11 colour options.

Ideal for the home or office walls of a journalist, writer, PR or media comms professional, the Newspaper prints would also add style & colour to the kitchen or lounge of anyone who enjoys the morning ritual of reading the freshly-delivered paper, the weekend custom of digesting the supplements, or simply keeping up on current affairs.