Green Gifts

Options for conscious giving this holiday season

Keeping things green is always a festive way to go, so minimize the impact of your gift-giving this year with these eco-friendly options from our 2011 Gift Guide. Plumen Light Bulb Set These energy-efficient alternative bulbs provide a fun variation on the incandescent standby. They look great exposed, so there’s really no need to shade. Presso This low-impact espresso maker works faster from start to …

Sight Unseen E-Shop

Jewelry from unexpected designers marks the next step for the online magazine

Having toyed with the idea of adding an e-shop since the early days of their online magazine, Sight Unseen, former I.D. editors Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer weren’t going to make the jump until they were truly inspired. “The blogs that we admire all have shops and it’s a way to…give your readers something extra and basically make them feel like there’s a universe around …

O Tea

Function meets design in a service exclusive to Phillips de Pury

Behind gregorysung’s understated O Tea design lies more than a year of research and development to produce a supremely functional tea service that combines cool-to-the-touch surfaces with a drip-less pot and cups sized with the hand in mind. Aside from its deeply thoughtful construction, the set is beautiful. Korean porcelain experts and Italian master wood artisans crafted by hand each hand-cast-porcelain vessel and oil-polished walnut …