Ark Journal

Ark Journal has established itself quickly as one of the must-have architecture and interior design magazines of the last decade. Although the first six issues are out of print, these early issues were randomly distributed the UK and, we suspect, mostly to the wrong outlets. Subsequently Ark was an under-the-radar magazine for its earliest releases which are now very scarce and highly sought after. 

But you don't come to Ark Journal for the globetrotting. Already one of the definitive Scandinavian interior design magazines, packed with sleek, minimalist and cool imagery, we think it's the seamless integration of personal, philosophical and cultural thinking around design that is attracting new readers in droves.

Explaining the magazine's 'Spaces, Objects, People' tagline, the publisher says, 'we explore the spaces around us, the objects we put in them and the people who make them. Bridging architecture, design and art, we show them as interplay rather than in silos, and with a sense of enduring Scandinavian values and aesthetics.'

We're working hard (but largely failing, it seems) to keep all available issues of Ark in stock while they're still in print. If this is your thing, you'll be floored.

Ark is generally released in three or four covers. Copies distributed through the UK supplier network will inevitably have barcode stickers. Those imported directly by us are not stickered, but we have not factored this into our pricing, both with Ark and with regard to back issues in general. Magazines are not books and barcode and distributor stickers are part of their story. 

About Vol XV from the publisher:

'ARK JOURNAL VOLUME XV explores the home and the studio as spaces of personal expression — places where architecture becomes a quiet reflection of identity, shaped by light, material, memory and intention.

In this issue, Ark Journal presents a collection of homes and studios where architecture becomes more than form and proportion: spaces that reveal how we live, think and shape the environments around us.

Step into private homes, artist studios and carefully considered interiors across cities and landscapes. We visit spaces that unfold slowly — from intimate apartments and working studios to houses shaped by craft, memory and daily life. Each story offers a glimpse into how architecture can become a portrait of the people who inhabit it.

INTERVIEW
Co-artistic director Sarah-Linh Tran on the world of Lemaire

HOME NEW YORK
Gabriel Hendifar’s loft balances restraint and ornament, belonging and dislocation

HOME COPENHAGEN
A family house imbued with permanence and presence honours the everyday

HOME NAPLES
Gallerist Lia Rumma’s apartment is a school of feelings, a place of conversation and learning

HOME BERLIN
An apartment remake fuses modernist precision with layers of crafted detail

HOME ZEALAND
A replica of Haldor Gunnløgsson’s house revisits an icon of Danish modernism

HOME NEW YORK STATE
A constellation of curves forms solid volumes in an isolated Vipp guesthouse

STUDIO GHENT
For artist Michaël Borremans the mise en scène for his paintings has to feel right

STUDIO UPSTATE NEW YORK
A place for creation and contemplation inspired by modern masters

INTERVIEW
Filipe Assis showcases Brazilian culture and design through architectural landmarks

ARCHITECTURE – MARFA, TEXAS
Measured restraint preserves the voice and touch of Donald Judd'