In a few days, the American Society of Magazine Editors will announce their pick for the year’s best cover. Check out the finalists here.

Come on, waste away a fine portion of your day peering at these choice beauties.

Sick of digital camera design? Too many grey rectangles mean every camera looks like the one next to it? No? You’re not? Well, regardless, have a look at these.

That’s right, even if you have no cash, your walls can still feature dozens of actual vintage maps. After the jump, find out how it’s far easier than you think.

Canon launches their new digital SLR: the EOS-5D Mark II, and in a single day forever alters the entire film industry. No, seriously, they do.

These books–top selections from the world’s finest thinkers–maintain a ridiculously high standard of design across a 60-title series.

Liked the ‘Helvetica’ documentary? Check out the director’s new documentary on industrial design and its killer companion blog.

Today’s top “Urban Interventionists” are gathered together in Amsterdam, and commissioned to create 13 exhibitions that mess with your sense of the city.

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No more coasting. Like surfing and skateboarding before it, this sport-based subculture is slowly becoming known to a wider public.