Christmas Gift Guide
ArchitectureNow Gift Guide 2015: scroll through the images above and follow the links under each to purchase items online.
Deadly Ponies’ Comet satchel. Made from leather with brass hardware, perfect for carrying design work.
Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Herwig. This beautifully illustrated book showcases the astonishing variety of bus stop styles and types across the region.
Fitbit Surge Superwatch. Track your workouts and daily activity, monitor heartrate, GPS tracking and much more.
Everyone loves a good shaker. The Tom Dixon Plum cocktail shaker is copper plated and was designed in London.
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 is a sleek and sexy mirrorless camera enabling versatile, multimedia recording.
Anya Sebton designed this Add coatrack. Not only good for coats, it also stores everything from journals to potplants.
Beoplay H7 headphones. Designed by Jakob Wagner, these premium leather headphones come in neutral and black.
The Pepe marble mirror from Simon James takes inspiration from the style of late 1950’s Italy, with clean lines and a classic aesthetic.
There’s no shame in building with Lego as an adult, especially when it’s an architectural beauty such as the Flatiron building!
One of the most important items in an architect’s wish list? Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph 3165 Technical Pens.
This Herbert Terry-designed Anglepoise lamp is a clever combination of form and function.
Moleskine don’t only make quality journals. Check out their beautiful leather photo albums.
These stylish Normann Copenhagen cognac glasses have been conceived to consider bouquet, temperature and volume.
The classic black butcher’s apron, perfect to wear while glazing that Christmas ham.
Voted one of Rolling Stone’s top albums of 2015. D’Angelo & the Vanguard: Black Messiah. Funky, soulful and a must for any music aficionado’s collection.
Lewis Fredericks’ handcrafted horn eyewear. Each frame is unique, with naturally-occurring variations in colour, striations and horn pattern.
Bang & Olufsen have outdone themselves with their new BeoLab 90 loudspeaker. Architecturally-designed and built for optimum precision in sound.
Matthew Frederick’s book 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School is not new, but its concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation are timeless.
Simon Devitt’s limited edition Glass House Bedroom print captures the sleeping quarters of architect Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House, built in 1949.
A bit of fun never went astray at Christmas time. Inspired by the Japanese Shinto Kumi-ki puzzles, the Areaware Cubebot is a non-traditional take on the toy robot.
The silly season has crept up on us again… and while we all love our architect friend/spouse/family member, they’re not always the easiest people to buy Christmas presents for. Not keen to get them another Le Corbusier book, or a tie with buildings of the world printed on it? Never fear, this year ArchitectureNow has done the hard yards for you, with a curation of interesting gifts to excite (or at least, slightly entice) the architect or designer in your world. If you’re an architect yourself, hopefully you’ll find something in our selection that will inspire you to drop some subtle hints…
