$50.00
Keep it analog this year and drop one of these 35mm cameras on your
favorite designer friend. And check that copy: "Visualize yourself bowled over by the devastating colors that only fine glass can deliver." Yowza.
$49.99
Zip around the home/office in rebel style, complete with
headlights.
$45.49
You gotta love the name
and the Stonehenge-like aesthetic. Design for All.
$6.99
Haven't tried this yet, but it looks awesome. Upload a snippet of a home
movie, and receive back a flipbook animation of the sequence. Throw a nod
to Muybridge with a little bubble gum action, or play it straight by blowing
a kiss to your loved one. Stumped for postage?
PhotoStamps.com has
those personalized numbers for gilding the lily.
$49
The classic grenade oil lamp, for the recipient too tough for the hand-dipped
tapers.
$15.00
Hot sauce deserves a dressed-up place on any table, and we like this silverplated number from Adlers Jewelry New Orleans. On the road? Maybe go for the
Camouflage Holster.
$74.97
If you're sick of replacing dried-up ink cartridges, dye-sub is the only way to go. This printer is cheap (they sell you the blades), but it works perfectly every time, can be jacked into straight from your camera, and will turn your Shutterfly account into a back-up server.
$60
Forget giving chocolate—How about smelling like it? We love Masaki Matsishima's
off-the-wall perfumes and retro packaging. Add a
dozen
roses while you're on it.
$50
'Cause anti-graffiti is the new graffiti. Perfect for curmudgeons.
$71.99
Charles and Ray Eames' imaginations stretched far beyond the world of mid-century
classic furniture. This box set of experimental films takes the Powers of
Ten to, well, eleven.
$77 (with coupon)
Shameless plug here for our limited-edition, hand-made-in-Italy kicks. Some sizes still available.
$65.00
A reinterpretation of traditional Turkish coffee fortune telling, this cup and saucer set is guaranteed one-of-a-kind and comes with its own unique fortune. Available in black, blue, and red pigmented Limoges porcelain.
$7.99
We all know how hot bling-bling is these days, so why not serve it up icy cold? And anyone sportin' Cool Jewels in their chalice will have the pimpinest drink in the hizzy!
$69.99
Excellent sound for an affordable price are what make these a must-have for all true music lovers (the ones that don't own them yet, that is).
$29.95
As Cordy and Steffi would say, "Very SkyMall." And this is the ULTIMATE in SkyMall, baby!
$80 approx
With a silhouette as clean as Eric Chan's classic
EC,
Hulger's phone breaks our bank by $3.50. So hope for a fluctuation in the
Euro, then snipe it!
Price $75
Take your pick from local and international museums, 'cause a membership is
a great thing to have, and the perks at the giftshop are always worth the
price. We're in NYC so we'll start with the Cooper-Hewitt;
check
here for a venue near you.
$7.99
Singles of these petit plastics are available as a blind purchase—you won't
know which you're getting. (The
full
set is $100.) But contrasted with the
Vitras at
$125-$575
per, you might be willing to roll the dice.
$72
Perfect for that Goth teen, as the macabre candle elegantly melts away
into itself...not unlike a broken heart. (Cue Bauhaus music.)
C77 KIT #2: Wild Style
varies
Just the
cool hat:
$70.38
or
Mouse
$12.99
+
Less Cool Hat
$61.34
or
Gloves
$61.34
$55.00
We've always coveted Eva Abinger's stainless steel gem from 1996, but never
put the money down. Don't make the same mistake.
$3.00
May the heavenly spirits bless thy bargain breakfast as long as thy bread bears the mark of holiness. What better gift to give than divine encouragement to eat the most important meal of the day?
2,100 Yen (Approx. $18.00)
The ultimate designer executive toy, we imagine that this thing looks even better all mixed up. (You can leave it that way, of course.)
$24.75
End of the line for us; just the beginning for all of us. What Bruce Sterling calls "Not
the book of the year; the book of next year," (There's
also a 2008
page-a-day companion calendar if that's your bent.) From the Amazon
comments: "If Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' moved you, then Steffen's'Worldchanging:
A User's Guide for the 21st Century' will move you to action." Nice.
