10 spectacular gifts for home
ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLEand at the same time tedious nuances of New Year's bustle - buying and receiving gifts. We decided to make life easier for everyone and begin to talk about the best gifts of this year - things that we would not refuse ourselves and which could push the idea of a festive surprise for friends and relatives.
Calendar for 2014
On the website of the Museum of Contemporary Art MoMA you can buy a charming calendar of the Japanese Katsumi Tamura, the founder of the design studio Good Morning inc. It's nice that a set of wild animals can be arranged on the table in any order: for example, we dream that May be right next to December.
$18.49
Kaleidoscope carpet
Twice a nostalgic thing. Firstly, because when you buy a rug for yourself or someone as a gift, somewhere at the subconscious level, you always get stupid jokes about Soviet carpets on the wall. Secondly, the ornament of this carpet resembles our favorite children's toy - a kaleidoscope. Only one conclusion: we must take.
€909
Tea-set
Dutch illustrator Esther Horshner invented a set of cups, saucers and teaspoons with bathers (or divers - depending on whether you like the cup half full or to the brim). Separate entertainment is akin to pornographic handles during school time - to watch how girls are exposed with every sip of tea or coffee.
£39.95
Bedding set
In the year of the triumph of Sandra Bullock in open space, we could not choose a set of linen, which came up with a couple, again, Dutch designers - Peggy and Eric. It seems to you that the astronaut on the snow-white emptiness of a double suite looks too lonely? Keep in mind that the Snurk brand name means “snore”, and rejoice if you are alone.
€89.95
Sofa "Stockholm"
IKEA products are somehow stupid to contribute to the wishlist: go and buy; but the Stockholm collection, in which the Swedes imitated almost all the main milestones of the 20th century industrial design, evokes very different feelings. We most liked the sofa in a dramatic green velvet upholstery: it does not fold out, so you can never buy it yourself, but still it is the most beautiful.
49 990 rub.
Manhattan Candlestick
In Manhattan, of course, it is best to walk for real, but when there is no such option, a small reminder of it on the bedside table - the candlesticks in the form of recognizable New York apartment buildings will fit perfectly. The candles will burn out and the windows will light up.
€19
Grumpy Cat Snow Ball
The impersonation of the collective unconscious, Grumpy Cat, as no one else, melted our hearts this year. It makes more sense to acquire a Christmas figurine with a forever dissatisfied cat, to look at him in 2014 and try not to look the same.
$16.00
Watering can
It is more pleasant to look after the house than the more beautiful devices with which we do it. Laconic watering can, invented by the famous Danish designer Robert Bronwasser, is a great example. And yes, you should immediately prepare for the question of friends "What is this thing on your window?".
€16.50
Grass alpaca
No need for watering, neat and extremely cute artificial grass alpaca - what you need for your desktop. She can come up with a name and arrange team building on particularly difficult days in the office, or you can use the classic way - just admire her and think about summer.
599 rub.
Vinyl player
Our audio collection has long spilled over into iTunes - that’s why it’s much nicer to order vinyl from your favorite band’s site or to find it on the camber and then put it on the shelf. U-Turn is an affordable player for everyone: maybe it will not give you a legendary warm tube sound, but it will definitely decorate the house.