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?

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

Kirtsy This | Posted: 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason

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DIY Sailing Ship

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

$18 at Urban Outfitters | Buy

Kirtsy This | Posted 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason
Relax Snapshot

A bendable, “Polaroid” pocket mirror.

$13 at Atypyk | Buy

Kirtsy This | Posted 09 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason
Rink Roller Skates

Your couples skate awaits.

$84 at Urban Outfitters | Buy

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | Posted 08 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason
Smoking Lily Satin Ascot: Black Feathers

Take that, power ties.

$56 at Room6 | Buy

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | 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.)

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason
Bostonian Pipe

Pipe smoking is the new novelty mustache.

$56 at Kiosk | Buy

Kirtsy This | Posted 05 Dec, 2008 by Margaret Mason
Unicorn

Magical.

$36 at Daga Design | Buy

Kirtsy This | 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.)

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | 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

Kirtsy This | Posted 27 Jul, 2007 by Margaret Mason

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