Holiday Gift Guide No. 6

We’ve all been there… the holidays sneak up on you and suddenly you realize not everyone on your list has been crossed off! Be it for a teacher, hostess or family member, we are here to help with this list of great last minute in-stock gifts and stocking stuffers.

If you are in Vancouver or the surrounding area, place your order for any in-stock accessory by Thursday the 21st and we’ll guarantee that you’ll have it by the end of the week with optional gift wrapping. All online orders over $100 receive free shipping.

 

Design Magazines | From $8-$39

The Inform bookstore offers a wide variety of national and international design magazines. From well-known titles, such as Elle Decor and Monocle to hard-to-find titles, like the Diseno and Rum. You are sure to find something for everyone.

 

Morihata Binchotan Collection | $12-$82

Revered in Japan since the Edo period, Binchotan Charcoal is a natural way to purify, cleanse, and improve the quality of your daily life. Morihata’s Binchotan Charcoal is made the time-tested way in its birthplace, the Kishu region of Japan in the Wakayama Prefecture. The collection includes soaps, facial cloth, sleep mask and more.

 

George Jensen Alfredo Key Rings | $76

Humorous and iconic, the Alfredo Häberli designed key rings are crafted with the user in mind. They are easy to find at the bottom of a bag and easy to spot in a dish full of keys. Though each is made according to one designer’s vision, once incorporated into your day, it quickly becomes your own.

 

Hay Accessories | $4-$207

Hay was founded in 2002 with the ambition to create contemporary goods with an eye for modern living and sophisticated industrial manufacturing. Through their commitment to the design and production of furniture and accessories with an international appeal they strive to make good design accessible to the largest possible audience. Featured here are the Horizon Notebooks by Miyoung Yu, Natalie Pencils by Nathalie Du Pasquier, and the Tray available in various finishes.

 

Tom Dixon Elements Earth Scents | $114-$279

The Elements Collections is a celebration of the bare essentials, inspired by the medieval alchemist and eastern philosopher’s quest to reduce all matter to four simple elements. Four scents of extreme simplicity and individual character that reflect their elemental names of Fire, Air, Earth and Water. Collection includes diffusers and candles in various sizes.

 

Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis Books | $26

Since they started their work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, Taschen has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of their all-time favourite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.

 

Chi Ha Paura…? Triadic Bracelet | $85-$160

A minimalist, three-dimensional construction of intersecting, flexible lines. This elegant ornament designed by Charles Mark fits every arm. Available in stainless steel and gold-plated steel and packaged in a beautiful multi-faceted box.