10 Ideas

With only ten days left to Christmas here are ten gift ideas that will get you some culture points this Holiday season - taken from the worlds of art and design that have featured on this very blog and @JMVELARDI over 2011 as well as some new items thrown into the festive mix
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1. First impressions count
Cheeseburger wrapping paper set at Gift Couture

2. Get the party started
Quartz Pinatta - handmade - by Confetti System at Other Criteria

3. Design Deity
Fornasetti: The Complete Universe at Rizzoli

 4. For those who have been naughty...
Christmas coal toffee at Fortnum & Mason

5. ... or nice

Andy Warhol Tribute Dom Pérignon Champagne at Dom Pérignon

6. The better to see you with

Maison Martin Margiela magnifying glass from 13 collection - available in right and left - at Selfridges Concept Store

                                                                                                  

7. Megabeads

Seat computer bag at Henrik Vibskov 

8. Hit the road 
36 Hours - weekend itineraries across 150 North American locations from The New York Times at Taschen

9. Exhibition of the year
Design for an interior (1983) by George Sowden from Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at Victoria & Albert Museum
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10. Kitsch after Koons 

Balloon Dog decoration at Paperchase