
12.03.19
Gift Guides
Two-Toned Vases and Velvet Body Pillows — The 2019 Sight Unseen Gift Guide, Part I
By now we’ve come to understand how hotly anticipated our annual gift guides are, so considering that it’s after Thanksgiving, we’ll cut to the chase — we did our gift guides a bit differently this year. We’ll still have one day devoted to each editor, but on the third day we’ve convinced some of our favorite designers and influencers to share their best gifts for giving and receiving. Even more, over on Instagram, you’ll have the chance to win four of the coolest items from each gift guide — the ones pictured in our opening images, which this year were styled by Sean Dooley and photographed by Cody Guilfoyle. (My giveaway quartet includes a sexy black terrazzo vase, a tiny but powerful portable LED lamp, an actually cool flower bouquet, and a workhorse skillet that’s pretty enough to be left on the stove.)
For the rest of my gift guide, I chose things I already own and love and hope you will too — including a cozy, pretzel-shaped iridescent body pillow and a pair of white knee-high boot stunners — as well as the best versions of things that aren’t often considered cool or designed: a beautiful compost bin, a baseball hat for furniture nerds, and a 1000-piece puzzle I’m dying to finish. Happy gifting!
Opening image: Deep Field Pillar Vase by New Age Design Studio, $425; Bellhop Portable LED Lamp by Barber Osgerby for Flos, $295; Thistle bouquet by Buunch, $200; The Coated Pan by Material, $95
Deep Field Pillar Vase by New Age Design Studio, $425
The Coated Pan by Material, $95
Thistle bouquet by Buunch, $200
Bellhop Portable LED Lamp by Barber Osgerby for Flos, $295
Medium Slender Vase by Balefire, $85
Bowie Comb in Champagne by Winden, $55
Bembien Flora Rattan Box Clutch, $155
Large Ridge Vase by Studio Kaksikko for Muuto, $169
Aalto hat by Arranging Things, $59
Eno Throw by Depeapa for Slowdown Studio, $230
Cerine Glass Object by Trueing, $590
Bad Apple Pillow by Jiu Jie, $90
Moon Lists: Questions and Rituals for Self-Reflection by Leigh Patterson, $13.49
Simultanea Vase by Valentina Cameranesi for SEM, $1,355.30
Forbidden Fruit 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle by Piecemeal, $36
Duo Vase by Sugahara Glassworks, $460
Borosilicate Glass Sip Straws by Hay (Set of 6), $25
Bozal Mezcal, $64.99
Compost Bin in Natural by Bamboozle, $42
The Reveller Hand & Body Care Set by Aesop, $120
Donna Boots in Hueso by LOQ, $655
Oval Pleats Backpack by Pleats Please Issey Miyake, $625
Mirror Orb and Dish by Nathalie Paolinelli, $300
Eyes Tee by Noah, $48
Tan Lines Tapestry by Aelfie & Robert McKinley, $2,600
Sling Backpack by Lotuff Leather, $840
Equilibri Vase with Torn Edges by Formafantasma for Bitossi, $665