Tank, Vol. 11, #2
230 x 300 mm, 290 pages (plus travel-themed stickers)
London, UK
Published since 1988
Editor-in-chief: Masoud Golsorkhi
Creative director: Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie
Editor: Nell Whittaker
'Good. Since 1998'
As Wikipedia dutifully points out, this publication is ‘not to be confused with Tank, the magazine of the Royal Tank Regiment.’ If it's contemporary culture, fashion, art, architecture, technology and politics you're looking for, this would be the version to go for.
Tank has taken many forms and continues to carve a distinctive niche in a crowded genre and this latest edition is no different, with refreshed visuals and an uncharacteristically unstickered cover (not including the logo, which has indeed been manually stuck on).
This is The Travel Issue for Winter 2024: 'One hopes to return from a holiday with a tan, some peace of mind, and a kitsch fridge magnet. But no matter how serene the locale, placehood is always complicated. In this issue, we investigate travel’s uncanny resonances and transformative capabilities.'
On the Journal:
‘I am not sure if we are academically rigorous. We don’t aim to be academic, we mean to approach fashion as a serious topic in and amongst other serious and interesting ideas. I guess the form of address implies a reader of a certain discernment, education and intellectual aspiration.’ – Masoud Golsorkhi Read more