RUM — Danish for "room" — is one of Scandinavia's most influential interior design and architecture magazines, created by editor-in-chief Mette Barfod, who channelled a lifelong passion for design into a publication that quickly became a point of reference in its own right. Published from Denmark by Story House Egmont, the magazine appears eight times a year in Danish alongside two English-language international editions, bringing Scandinavian design sensibility to a global readership.
The magazine works with some of the best and most celebrated photographers, stylists, and writers in the Nordic design world to create what Yellowtrace called a unique aesthetic universe, pioneering the Nordic way of life and focusing on Scandinavian design traditions. Each issue travels the world in search of outstanding homes with history, personality, and style, carrying interviews with prominent designers — established icons alongside emerging talents — and portraits of agenda-setting companies. Issue 16 dedicated a large section to Copenhagen as the 2023 World Capital of Architecture, profiling nine Copenhagen-based firms tackling climate, community, and urban futures. Issue 20 focused on vintage collecting — the hunt for objects with patina, craftsmanship, and stories to tell.
RUM International is stocked at magCulture, Coffee Table Mags in Hamburg, and design bookshops worldwide. For anyone who cares about how spaces are designed, furnished, and inhabited — and who believes Scandinavian design has earned its global influence through substance rather than hype — RUM remains essential reading.
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