marico/maricar, austrailian design duo

http://maricormaricar.com/

free retro fonts

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=934995676&gid=3621&type=member&item=81921258&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edemilked%2Ecom%2Ffree-retro-fonts%2F&urlhash=5GJO&goback=%2Egde_3621_member_81921258

get 'em now

another poster contest, this looks interesting

http://somethingoutofsomething.tumblr.com/contest

Contestants are asked to post their submissions to the Tumblr or email them toEtgarKeret.DesignContest@fsgbooks.com. All submissions become the sole and exclusive property of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and may be posted online atwww.fsgbooks.com,www.bombsite.com, and/or www.pen.org. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  Ends at 12:00pm EST on March 2, 2012. Participation open only to legal residents of the fifty United States or the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of date of entry. Void outside of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. For Official Rules, prize descriptions and odds disclosure, go to http://somethingoutofsomething.tumblr.com/rules. 

links. resources, inspiration

http://parliamentofowlsdesign.com/ (design)
http://us.moo.com/ (business card printing)
http://themandatepress.com/ (letterpress business cards)
http://www.cb-smith.com/ (design)
http://www.shapeways.com/ (3D printing, prototypes)

fast track mag review, thanks to haniya rae

http://vimeo.com/30842349

magazine video reading list by editorial designer Michael Bojkowski (http://linefeed.me/)--basically a preview/overview/critique of lots of different publications from the uk