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 …

Discover Gifts Worth Giving: Co-Workers

From coffee presses to customizable pens, office-friendly gifts for colleagues

At the end of the day, these are the people we spend most of our time with—show them the proper appreciation for the countless Internet videos they share throughout the year. Jeeves & Jericho Based in Oxford, contemporary tea company Jeeves & Jericho offers fresh and unique flavors for loose-leaf tea aficionados. The tea’s retro packaging brings down the formality, and looks good tied with …

Patrick Stevenson-Keating

Science and design collide to offer a glimpse of a parallel universe

Setting up shop at Designersblock in a relatively quiet spot in the vast London Design Festival, Patrick Stevenson-Keating managed to avoid the clamoring masses on opening night. What he may lack in promotional capabilities he more than makes up for in pioneering spirit and sublimely engaging source material. Stevenson-Keating, who graduated just this year from Dundee University with top honors in product design, showed two …