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

Graphic Gear

Off the back of my previous post of wearing your art on your sleeves and shoulders (Moore Substance Please, October 2011) the partnership between contemporary art and contemporary fashion design remains a successful formula. After spending the weekend roaming around the brilliant exhibition Postmodernism: Style and Substance 1970-1990 at the Victoria & Albert Museum, I thought it appropriate to report that this Holiday season two brands team up with the estates of two celebrated postmodernist artists to produce graphic collaborations for your kicks and threads.

Reebok continue their creative partnership with the Basquiat Foundation with a series of signature markings printed and embroidered on the Omni Pump Lite created by the late Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featured on two colourways, the mid-top sneaker includes the artist’s iconic signature and silhouette hairstyle detailing.

Set to launch later this month at Dover Street Market, London, Comme des Garçons has collaborated with the Keith Haring Estate on a line of monochrome tees and sweaters with Haring’s distinct art graphics. 

The Comme des Garçons Original x Keith Haring collection will be available in lambswool and cashmere – for more information visit DSM.