Gifts for Hipsters

You need a gift for someone who’s possibly a little cooler than you, and we can help. Our two-step plan for impressing a hipster?

1. Choose something from our picks below.
2. Stop calling them a hipster.

| Posted: 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

1-15 of 15

• DIY Sailing Ship

  

  A 3-D galleon puzzle kit. Collect several and hang a fleet from the ceiling.

  $18 at Urban Outfitters | Buy

  

  | Posted 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Relax Snapshot

  

  A bendable, “Polaroid” pocket mirror.

  $13 at Atypyk | Buy

  

  | Posted 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Rink Roller Skates

  

  Your couples skate awaits.

  $84 at Urban Outfitters | Buy

  

  | Posted 08 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Felt Coasters

  

  Your takeout coffee in a jam jar is always leaving rings on the table.

  $40 at Olive Brown | Buy

  

  | Posted 08 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Smoking Lily Satin Ascot: Black Feathers

  

  Take that, power ties.

  $56 at Room6 | Buy

  

  | Posted 08 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Multiformat Wood Pinhole Camera

  

  A teal, limited-edition pinhole camera with polished brass fittings.

  $240 at Freestyle Photographic Supplies | Buy

  

  | Posted 06 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• For a Brief Time Only

  

  An exhibition of twenty-four artists, which you pick up at a local photo developer. Here’s how it works:

  You email ASDF with the subject line “I want to see the show.” You write your address in the body, and they send you an email telling you where to pick up your prints.

  ASDF doesn’t make any money on the deal, so you’re just paying for the prints. Neat, right? We think so too.

  $5 at ASDF Makes | Buy

  (Price is approximate.)

  

  | Posted 06 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Green Stanley Flask

  

  Maintains beverage temperature, so your Irish Coffee will always be pleasantly scalding.

  $25 at Sundance Catalog | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• The Berliner Ensemble Thanks You All

  

  An envelope containing twenty-eight of Marcel Dzama’s quiet and sometimes disquieting prints. All suitable for framing. (Click on that link. Do it.)

  The packet also includes a scrapbook, an insert card, and an oversized poster.

  $42 at McSweeny's | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Skase Tea Cup Set

  

  A scuptural teacup with a Manchurian walnut “saucer.” Looks as good on your desk as it does in your hand.

  via Kanye West

  $37 at Steve Watson | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Bostonian Pipe

  

  Pipe smoking is the new novelty mustache.

  $56 at Kiosk | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Unicorn

  

  Magical.

  $36 at Daga Design | Buy

  

  | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• The Thing Quarterly

  

  The Thing Quarterly is a surprise subscription produced by smart people. I’ll let them explain it in more detail:

  “Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited by the editors to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. This object will be reproduced and hand packed at a wrapping party and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service.”

  This year’s issues will be produced by visual artists Allora & Calzadilla, writer Jonathan Lethem, and experimental geographer, artist and writer Trevor Paglen, and visual artist Ryan Gander.

  $140 at The Thing | Buy

  (One year subscription, four issues.)

  

  | Posted 04 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Park Planters

  

  Click the store link if you’d like to see the even naughtier version.

  via Emma’s Design Blog

  $100 at Charles and Marie | Buy

  

  | Posted 04 Apr, 2008 by Margaret Mason

• Black TOMS

  

  The new flip-flop. Kung-Fu action shoes that come in all kinds of colors.

  $38 at TOMS Shoes | Buy

  

  | Posted 27 Jul, 2007 by Margaret Mason