The first sentence is funny: "Being a design director is not just about luxury cars, slim-fitting black suits, modern eyeglass frames, exotic vacations and multiple homes. Sometimes we actually have to execute..."
Here a great read from Design Director Arem Duplessis about this weeks rejected (but fun) cover designs.

Ace journalism-photography from Jehad Nga stars new cover New York Times Magazine: "I want Gaddafi to DIE!"
Life in the most surreal country on Earth

Editor: Hugo Lindgren
Design director: Arem Duplessis
Art director: Gail Bichler