Good For Gifts Stores
A list of the coolest good for gifts shops around.
Alpha
West Hollywood - West Hollywood, CA United StatesAfter the "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"-ification of America, men everywhere were left wondering "where do I go to buy high-end facial cleansers, modern home goods and stylish accessories?" Look no further than Alpha. The...
Annie O
Lower East Side - New York, NY United StatesAs hotels increasingly market a lifestyle more than just a place to sleep, it makes perfect sense to sell elements on said lifestyle right there on the premises. Enter Annie 0., a cubby hole of a space on the lobby of the Hotel on Rivington....
A+R
Abbot Kinney - Venice, CA United StatesA+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood veneer placemats and crinkled ceramic cups.
A+R
Silverlake - Los Angeles, CA United StatesA+R equals good design. More bazaar than gallery, the shop stuffs a globe's worth of design objects in its modest space. Objects likes a handgun shaped vase, an agate candle holder, wood veneer placemats and crinkled ceramic cups.
Aria
North Beach - San Francisco, CA United StatesSure you can go ahead and call Aria an antique shop, but this isn't your grandmother's antique shop--where you need to dig through tons of junk to find treasure. The objects at Aria are all treasures in their own way. Beautiful maps and...
Bark
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United StatesImagine you went to every housewares shop and bazaar around the world and announced "Give me the finest item in your collection!" Your final collection of goods would look a lot like the collection of items at Bark. The airy, inspiring...
Black Ink
Harvard Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesBlack Ink does a wonderful job of selling nothing in particular. Hello Kitty lunchboxes, rubber peanuts, squiggly sushi plates, banana-shaped doorstops and Korean composition books are among the random items that line the store's tall,...
Black Ink
Beacon Hill - Boston, MA United StatesBlack Ink does a wonderful job of selling nothing in particular. Hello Kitty lunchboxes, rubber peanuts, squiggly sushi plates, banana-shaped doorstops and Korean composition books are among the random items that line the store's tall,...
Cog & Pearl
Park Slope - Brooklyn, NY United StatesCog & Pearl's mantra is "handmade stuff to give and keep" and it's really that simple. In little groupings all around the spacious store are handmade home and personal accessories made by artists and designers across the...
Colette
Louvre/Tuileries - Paris, FranceAfter walking through Colette, you will see every store that you thought was cool before under a new light. There is cool, and then there is "we sell our own mix CDs and our own water" cool. Colette is a store like no other. It sells a...
Composition
Belmar Shopping Center - Lakewood, CO United StatesEver walk into a design store to find items that don't really seem to serve a purpose. And then you're told by a salesperson (assuming they even acknowledge your existence), that this was seen in X magazine and if you don't want to buy one, well then you're pedestrian. I...
Design Museum Shop
Southwark - London, United StatesImagine a museum where patrons are able to pick up any piece they like straight of the wall. The Design Museum shop provides as close to this experience as possible. The museum features exhibitions around contemporary design, be it industrial...
Etre
Sonoma - Sonoma, CA United StatesReader Suggested: An eclectic store that appeals to all wallets, or pocketbooks if you will. It has everything from an $8000 Versace looking desk from the turn of the century to jumbo pick-up stix. Book selection is out of control, and in a good way. Also has food products for compulsive snackers and make-up from...
Fitzsu
Palm Springs - Palm Springs, CA United StatesWhen you happen upon a design store and the salesperson (adorned in all black of course) encourages you to pick up items and fiddle with them you know you're on to something. This was exactly our experience at Fitzsu. The sanitary appearing...
Fitzsu
Melrose Heights - Los Angeles, CA United StatesWhen you happen upon a design store and the salesperson (adorned in all black of course) encourages you to pick up items and fiddle with them you know you're on to something. This was exactly our experience at Fitzsu. The sanitary appearing...
Grand
Somerville - Somerville, MA United StatesReader Suggested: Very cool modern home furnishings/gift store in Boston (suburb?). T=hey redid the space (old auto-body shop) and it's pretty snazzy. They carry some interesting lines.
Greenwich Letterpress
West Village - New York, NY United StatesGreenwich Letterpress combines the classic craft of letterpress with modern city sensibilities. While custom work is the bread and butter of the business, the spacious retail location is notable in its own right, carrying a fun, playful spread of...
Kiosk
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesIn the age of container mega-ships and overnight cargo that any interesting product from one corner of the world is not available everywhere else is surprising. But that's just the case for any number of products from mundane household items...
Koo de Kir
Beacon Hill - Boston, MA United StatesLet's face it, not everyone has good taste. Luckily, we live in a society where what you don't have you can buy. Above all, Koo de Kir is a purveyor of good taste. Whether buying for yourself or others, choose among their...
Live It Up
East Village - New York, NY United StatesLive it Up seems to exist to show people that they don't need much money or space to have fun with their domiciles. The small shop is full of fun, functional, small and affordable items for kitchen, bath, table and living space alike.