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Holiday Gift Guide for Graphic Designers


For today’s video, I put together a holiday gift guide specifically for graphic designers (aka my own personal Christmas wish list). I hope you guys like my ideas, and stay tuned to my Tumblr when I may be posting bonus wish lists with more items that wouldn’t fit on this one! Check out the video below, and then keep reading for links and prices to everything I mentioned!

1. PopChartLab posters/shirts:
Alphabet of Typography$25
Pie Charts (A Baker’s Dozen)$22
Yes No Maybe Shirt$20

2. Ampersand Necklace/Key Chain$20/$15
Handmade by me! 

3. Other design inspired jewelry:
Helvetica necklace$22
Apple Z necklace$22
Kerning rings$15
Golden ratio earrings$20

4. Prisamacolor markers/colored pencilsPrices vary

5. Letterpress wood typePrices vary

6. Letterpress type drawerPrices vary

7. Harry Potter art prints from The Printorium – £49 – £350

8. Magazine subscriptions:
HGTV Magazine$18
Print Magazine – $40
How Magazine$30

9. Custom rubber stamps and ink pad – Prices vary

10. Books:
Just My Type$11
Thinking With Type$15
Stereographics: Graphics in New Dimensions$27

11. Donation to the Hamilton Wood Type Museum

For more ideas of books you can give as a gift, check out my previous Recommended Graphic Design Books videos:



Thanks so much for watching my holiday gift guide video, and please get in touch on Twitter or Tumblr if you have any questions about anything I mentioned. And stay tuned to my channel for Christmas craft videos next week!