Good For Gifts Stores
A list of the coolest good for gifts shops around.
Acquire
North End - Boston, MA United StatesReader Suggested: Home accessories and gift store with a great mix of vintage and modern pieces. The store is set up like a cozy "cabinet of curiosities."
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...
Aris
Cresent Bay - Laguana Beach, United StatesReader Suggested: This shop has caught the eye of Riviera Magazine, LA Times, Coast, and C magazine as a trend setting luxury shop. The shop is filled with with great gifts, jewelry, sunglasses, and the best coffee table books. Combine this with fresh fllowers and the best high-end consignment on the West Coast...
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...
Belly
Highlands - Atlanta , GA United StatesBelly is an old style general store right in the middle of the Virgina Highlands. They carry fancy cheeses, bagels and were voted as having the best cupcakes in Atlanta in 2004. The location for Belly was originally an Atlanta staple pharmacy named Fleeman's. After Fleeman's was closed...
Bento
Honesdale - Honesdale, PA United StatesReader Suggested: They have a wide and ever changing selection of new and up and coming artist and designers goods. The boutique offers handmade clothing, accessories, home decor and gifts from artist around the world. The goal is to bring modern handcrafted goodness to all. Located in Historic Honesdale...
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...
Domus
Hell's Kitchen - New York, NY United StatesReader Suggested: This store is always changing depending on recent artists that the owners have found or met. Unique!
Eden & Eden
Embarcadero - San Francisco, CA United StatesEden & Eden is not, it turns out, redundant. There really are two of them. There's a sophisticated Eden that travels the Europe and collects notable design objects and jewelry, even tracking down one off vintage items. And the quirky Eden...
Enflux
Point Grey - Vancouver, BC CanadaReader Suggested: Enflux, the modernist lifestyle store, carries Georg Jensen living and jewellery as a core product. It's well known for excellent customer service. Uou can find nice and unique gift selections there.
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...