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 guide — the ones pictured in the opening images, which this year were styled by Sean Dooley and photographed by Cody Guilfoyle. (My giveaway quartet, above, includes a chic leather-strap magazine holder, a planter that does the shell trend in a sophisticated way, a pair of crystal prisms that bounce dreamy colors onto the wall, and an affordable lamp with a perfect pleated shade.)

For the rest of my gift guide, I chose some things I already own and love — like a delicious organic olive oil from Greece and a futuristic self-cleaning water bottle — as well as items I’m currently coveting, many with striking, unusual shapes that will impress pretty much anyone who unwraps them. Happy gifting!

Opening image, from left: Isadora Magazine Holder from Anthropologie, $198; Shell Pot by Ferm Living, $87; Swarovski Crystal Paperweight from MoMA Design Store, $119; and Large Matin Lamp by Inga Sempé for Hay, $225.
La Riccia Winged Glass by Il Buco Vita, $170
Goblet A by YYY, $44
V52 Tapestry Blanket by Viso, $220
Le Matin candle by Maison Balzac, $29-69
Czechoslovakian Art Deco Box from 1stDibs, $2,500
Supernal Cosmic Glow Oil, $108
Silver Dancing Pailettes Earring No 1 by Saskia Diez, $132 eachDonner Print by Loulou Avenue, $58
Sphere Flatware by Izabel Lam, $100 per five-piece setting
Aura Vase by Schneid, $140
Isadora Magazine Holder by Anthropologie, $198
Naturbloq Pot 11 by Mari Masot, $89
Gemini Sweater by Paloma Wool, $143
Basket Bag by Celia Torvisco, $450
Elbow Pipe by Ninon Choplin for Tetra, $70
Scentless Candle by Espelma, $140
LARQ Self-Cleaning Water Bottle, $95
Large Matin Lamp by Inga Sempé for Hay, $225
Akmae N.08 Bag by Ines Bresand, $360
Oracle organic Greek olive oil, $38
Nothing Fancy cookbook by Alison Roman, $19.50
Bulleit Bourbon x Mazama Cocktail Glass, $44
Always Pan by Our Place, $145
Sonix Tortoise iPhone Case, $35
Shell Pot by Ferm Living, $87
Drinking Chocolate by Coco, $13
Round Tray by Gaetano Pesce, $95Nalgene Water Bottle by Saturdays, $28
Swarovski Crystal Paperweight by Studio Brynjar and Veronika, $119
Geometric Napkins by Le Botteghe Su Gologone, $240 for four
Black Hole Packing Cube by Patagonia, $39