Holiday Gift Guides 2022: Bookworms

From novels to teen fiction, design books, zines and more, presents for people in your life who love to read

From enthralling novels to inspiring design books, tender bedtime stories, volumes of poetry and beyond, there’s nothing as alluring as a good book. Whether you’re looking for magical realism or a memoir, a book of art, travel guides, zines or a tote bag to carry them all, our Bookworms gift guide has it all. Within, there are countless worlds to explore for the people in …

Holiday Gift Guides 2022: Kids + Pets

From books to beds, jackets, games, toys and more, present ideas for the ones that rely on you most

Of course, we recognize the substantial differences between children and pets, but there’s something undeniably wondrous about products developed with children, canines, felines and more in mind. Whimsy and imagination often teach or train. Function exists alongside beauty. Toys, tools, articles of entertainment and instruments of creation all represent a part of the design world defined by access. Whether you’re shopping for a kid, a …

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2018 novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation, follows the existence of an unnamed narrator as she attempts a kind of hibernation thanks to prescription medications. Living on the Upper East Side in a pre-9/11 NYC, the antihero protagonist is a beautiful Columbia graduate who works at an art gallery, but feels alienated—and her solution to this feeling is total isolation. A story …