10 Fresh & Original Gifts for Designers

Ho ho hoo – The Christmas is imminent! We should act while there’s still a chance to get some decent gifts for our friends before December 20, so here’s our shortlist of gift ideas for design heads. As usual, feel free to add other links and suggestions in the comments area.

Swine Fun

Wear your protective mask with pride! Pimp it with the coolest vinyl stickers on the market. The vinyls fit the most of the sizes available worldwide and make a fantastic gift idea as well

The Advertising Concept Book

How do you write a great ad? Pete Barry, who worked at Ogilvy London and now teaches in New York, goes straight to the basics: work out what you want to say, who you are saying it to, and how you want to say it. hands down the best advertising & creativity book I have ever read!

Design Informer November 9th

These are so cool. Where was Food Face when I was a kid?
totushi November 9th

Notepod will definitely be on my list
jeff November 9th

Good stuff, and weird that I wrote a very similar blog today. Check it out at here: http://www.paper-leaf.com/blog
Joshua November 9th

Great list, for some reason I really want the books on here the most, though. I like books…especially books on design.
Edgar Leijs November 9th

My birthday soon! Fun stuff Thanks
website design November 9th

Hey that was a really nice post… I work in a website designing company and appreciate it a lot…
Bonita November 10th

aWesoMe stuFF!! I want that bulb lantern!! ..but I would probably draw on it.. and would therefore need extra sheets of paper to replace old art..
web design services stoke November 10th

Really nice gifts. I enjoyed the character canvases. Brillaint!
ghansham November 10th

awesome gifts, thanks
Callum Chapman November 10th

Really love the Bulb Lantern – very inspirational! Wouldn’t mind one of them in my office when I move to a two bedroom house/flat!
Sanel November 10th

very creative!
Thanks!
Kelvin Servigon November 10th

really awesome!!
thanks for sharing.
Alí Suárez November 10th

I would love a notepod…

Thanks for the post!
designfollow November 10th

Thanks for the great post
Hugo Moreno November 10th

I like a lot all the ideas Thanks!!!
Andy Jones November 10th

Great list – but this is a good one too – remember top trumps? how about top trumps for fonts? You can’t get more designer-geeky than this:
http://www.switchedonset.com/2009/01/type-trumps-top-trumps-for-font-addicts.html
Jonathan Kurten November 10th

I know what’s going on my Christmas list.
Chris November 10th

Anyone else getting a javascript popup on http://advertisingconceptbook.com/

I disabled AdBlock and it loaded properly.
Jonathan Fufkin November 10th

What about these?

http://www.etsy.com/shop/wedraw
Nguyen Duy ANh November 10th

OMG! I really love the masks and the bottles. They are so great. Thanks for the post
Melody November 10th

Oh I am definitely adding these to my wishlist for Christmas haha..
Jannis Gerlinger November 11th

haha – the swine fun is ver funny i like one
Debbie November 11th

Loving the ideas, especially as designers are hard to please! I know, I am one!

check these out too.
http://www.lazyboneuk.com/products/Radiator-Mug.html
Mesothelioma November 11th

I’ve already sent this to a few people, as acceptable things to get me whenever it tickles their fancy. Great set.
Kakapo November 11th

Too much choice? Here is the solution help your designer friend become “liberated from the burden of choice”, they won’t regret it. Check out the Hipstery http://hipstery.com/
Paulinho November 11th

hehe, very nice!

http://www.agenciadda.com.br/camiseteria/warrior-of-love

God bless!
Waasys November 11th

I’d like to recieve a Tweet Bottle, so cool )
amin November 11th

Oooh these are awesome !
As a designer, my favourite would be the Tweet Bottles. I’d love to get that for my birthday.
Design Ideas November 11th

Nice gift ideas
Photographer November 17th

Awesome gift ideas
thanks for sharing!