Design Gold!
When I first started designing after college, I worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves as the Publications Designer. My first boss handed me a New York Times Magazine and said "Study this." I fell in love with it on the spot. Clean, bold and beautiful design. Ever since then, when I can get my hands on it, I take all I can get. I recently visited my public library and asked what they did with the old issues and they said they just recycle them. I asked for them and got the whole stack! Design gold in my eyes! Plus they threw in the Style mags and some Wall Street Journal magazines. Visit your public library ad make friends with the librarians!