For the people we care about most — the ones we want to see genuinely happy with our gift every year, each has their own hobbies, tastes, and quirks. This guide is an attempt to honour those individualities and help us choose something thoughtful, personal, and truly meaningful: the ideal gift.
- For the friend who travels the world from museum to museum in pursuit of art:
Three collector’s editions — exhibition catalogues drawn from landmark retrospectives of three defining figures of contemporary culture: KAWS, Virgil Abloh, and Takashi Murakami.
Each volume captures pivotal moments of their practice, tracing the evolution of their visual language and creative universes. More than books, these catalogues become portable exhibitions — fragments of global journeys, distilled into pages meant to be revisited, remembered, and lived with.
- For the one whose world moves to the rhythm of jazz, a selection of timeless recordings albums that carry the soul, the swing, and the history of the genre.
Frank Sinatra’s This Is Sinatra, a portrait of elegance, phrasing, and effortless cool.
Ella Fitzgerald’s North Sea Jazz Concerts Series, capturing the magic of a voice in full flight, alive on stage.
Louis Armstrong’s The Good Book, where warmth and spirit meet devotion.
These are not just albums, but intimate encounters with legends — moments where music becomes atmosphere, memory, and mood.
- For the perfect Christmas ornament collector:
For the one who welcomes each holiday season by adding a single new ornament to the tree — a quiet ritual repeated year after year — these selections are made for everyone in the family. Each piece becomes a small marker of time, memory, and celebration.
Beyond the ornaments themselves, there is also the ultimate festive companion: The Christmas Book — a volume filled with stories, traditions, and visual warmth, designed to be opened, revisited, and passed on, just like the ornaments that return to the tree every December.
- For the photography book lover:
For the friend who collects photo coffee-table books — objects as much as images — a selection of outstanding editions featuring some of the most compelling contemporary photographers working today.
Juergen Teller’s Donkey Man and Other Stories, raw, irreverent, and unmistakably personal.
Luigi & Iango’s Unveiled, where classical beauty meets modern intimacy.
Places+Faces, a visual archive of youth culture, identity, and global street narratives.
These books live open on tables, but linger far beyond the page — fragments of modern visual culture meant to be seen, felt, and returned to.
- For the cinema lover:
A set of 100 collectible postcards from Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation studio, unfolds as a true feast for the eyes, each image a frame pulled from worlds of wonder, nostalgia, and quiet magic.
Alongside them, Ghibliverse by Jake Cunningham serves as a guide into this poetic universe, mapping the stories, symbols, and imagination that define Ghibli’s cinematic language.
For those whose love leans beyond Asian cinema, there is the beautifully crafted Sofia Coppola Archive a visual chronicle filled with archival and previously unpublished material from her films, offering an intimate glimpse into her unmistakable cinematic world.
- For the “rare hip-hop vinyl” lover:
For the friend who hunts down elusive pressings — coloured vinyl, picture discs, numbered editions, even bootlegs — these records speak the language of obsession and devotion.
Tyler, The Creator & Prophets — Peach Fuzz (shaped 10” picture disc), playful and sculptural.
Νegros tou Moria — Thracoc (limited white edition), raw, local, and uncompromising.
Kanye West — My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (3LP), a modern classic pressed as a monument.
Not just records, but artefacts — meant to be played, displayed, and treasured as pieces of contemporary music history.
- For the surfer friend:
For the one who dreams of waves in the summer and snow-covered slopes in the winter, there is Ciel Glue.
A French artist based in Portugal, he creates signed and numbered prints using collage techniques inspired by surf culture and alpine skiing. Each composition is crafted entirely from vintage magazines and books, fragments of the past reassembled into dynamic, contemporary imagery.
Fully sustainable and rich in texture, these works feel like postcards from an endless season, where ocean and mountain coexist in a single, poetic horizon.
- For your kitchenware-loving friend:
Polona Polona mugs & pottery — illustrated and hand-finished, each piece celebrates iconic personalities from art and music, making it delightfully hard to choose just one.
Here, even the packaging is part of the experience: the box and presentation are as exquisite as the product itself, turning everyday objects into little treasures for the table and the heart.
- For the game-lover friend:
For those who cherish tradition and wouldn’t miss a New Year’s game of blackjack these illustrated game cards bring three worlds to the table: music, cinema, and art. Each deck is designed with playful, collectible illustrations of iconic personalities, transforming a simple game into a celebration of culture, creativity, and shared moments.
Cover photo: Christina Dimitriadou
