Rum International

Rum International is a visionary magazine about architecture, interiors and design. Our magazine inspires, reports and criticizes. Well-written features, interviews and interesting photo essays with the best international scene has to offer as well as of the Scandinavian architecture, design and interior design.

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Feeling grounded?

Location! Location! Location!

Slowly, Slowly, catchy monkey • We talk rubbish, beauty and provocation with Chris Martin.

A leap for mankind

A new vocabulary • The Finnish design company Vaarnii is about to move premises but we manage to grab a coffee with founder and CEO Antti Hirvonen before the removal lorries turn up.

Let there be light • We step into the creation and meet the man behind the things.

My kingdom for a knob

Pull up a chair • You know it, we know it - there's an utterly unique relationship between designers and their chairs. Matilda Hunyadi and her Sloydlab use history to move into the future with Bacatus, a beautiful chair in turned wood.

The secret of eternal life • Imagine a material that can be reused over and over again, which is bio-based and can be sent practically anywhere in a tiny digital file. It is already a reality. Just give Johanna a call.

Give us Gävle • You might not yet know that you are going to find yourself longing to move to Gävle. But you are. Basically, why can't we all have a Gävle of our own?

Review: Snowball circularity • It feels like we're pushing a big snowball up a hill. We're almost at the top, but the snowball is getting bigger and heavier. We can hardly move it any further. Some people have already reached the top, however. They're cheering us on and spreading joy. But at the bottom of the hill, others are still standing there - looking sceptical.

Best of … • Eight categories, twenty-four nominees. With the Scandinavian Design Awards we honor the year's best architecture and design in Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden, in proud partnership with Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Pushing boundaries • With plans to recreate native Swedish meadows, and a timber structure so advanced it would leave even the most reserved engineer open-mouthed, Volvo has its sights set firmly on the future. Together with Henning Larsen, they are developing a new experience centre, south of Liseberg, in Gothenburg

Mount Fuji inspired Snøhetta

Vital vegetation Utopia arkitekter

Future-proof factory Arkitektbolaget

Pierre Sindre • Pierre Sindre is a designer who appreciates simple ideas, lets projects take their time and stands up for public furniture. He has a studio near his home in Ekerö, Stockholm, but he mostly works from home because his dog is happiest there.

A WINTER'S TALE • The story about how breakfast with a Finnish architect and photographer became so much more.

HAPPY PLACES • The Finns are the happiest people in the world. You could say that Finland is the happiest country in the world. If that’s the case, then it explains why we are in Finland to meet Fyra — where the aim is always to make Happy Places.

WITH A CHERRY ON TOP • Our editor comes in from the cold and goes from freezing to melting with joy during her day with design brand Made By Choice. And yes please, we will have dessert.

FEELING BETTER BY THE MINUTE

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Photographer Portrait: ÅKE E:SON LINDMAN

Mr Picture-Perfect • Åke E:son Lindman is undoubtedly one of the greatest architecture photographer of our era, taking us on a journey from the most concrete, minimalist architectural images to a world of the imagination we can only...