Picking out Christmas gifts for graphic designers is always thrilling for me, especially if I sincerely love a person. Maybe I am too serious and worry too much about things that should bring nothing but joy and happiness. In any case, I can do nothing about it and start preparing for a coming event beforehand. Hate grabbing some useless stuff at the last moment and presenting it to the guest of honor taking an educated guess and squealing “Surprise!”
How do you choose presents for your friends? Do you have any secrets to share? I take a person’s occupation and passion into consideration. As I work for an IT company, it’s quite understandable that most of my friends and acquaintances are designers, artists, and simply creative people.
That’s why this blog post is a compilation of my ideas for awesome Christmas presents for graphic designers. There are 28 of them. A weird number, but geeks like everything that is out of the common. Anyway, I hope this will be enough to fuel up your imagination and make a note of possible graphic designer gift ideas for creative people for the next holidays.
Compilation of Christmas Presents for Graphic Designers
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Foot Rest Hammock
Are you still looking for some healthy presents for graphic designers? Impress your friend or a colleague with a foot hammock that supports a comfortable and correct position while sitting at a desk. Desk hammock for feet improves health, as it is viable to prevent back, foot, hip, and foot pain and increase poor blood circulation. Your adorable graphic designer will appreciate your care and love.
QH Galaxy Cat Plush Blanket
A soft and comfortable QH galaxy cat blanket is one of the memorable graphic designer gifts. It is an excellent solution to use for family outdoor activities, sports, and beaches. Such a gift will keep everyone warm, even on a cold night before the project's release.
Wooden Salad Bowl
Bring back the tradition of wooden dishes in the house. Plates, vases, cups, forks, spoons, knives. Such a graphic designer gift is filled with authenticity, and warm energy, and impresses with a concise design. Do not hesitate to pick up this gift for those creatives who adore the hygge style.
Duo Screens Mount for Laptop and Monitor
When working on a project, you often find yourself thinking that the main display is not enough. Let's say your creative person has an urgent need to do work and talk on Skype. The solution is found. He will clip the mount on a laptop's edge to secure a phone/tablet for easy access. It is a useful gift for designers to control Skype, and Twitter, or watch their favorite movies simultaneously.
Tabletote Laptop Stand
If you are searching for highly mobile presents for home/office and remote use, you have just found one. The laptop stand is made of high-quality, reliable material, characterized by high wear resistance and durability. It is perfect for office, school, travel, art, gaming, music, and so much more.
Warm Touchscreen Gloves
What about warm and practical gifts for graphic designers? Touchscreen gloves allow you to use your phone or tablet while on outdoor activities conveniently. These liner gloves are made of high-quality warm polyester fleece. It is the greatest gift to bring warmth to your friends, families, and colleagues in this coming winter and enjoy the coming holidays with a beautiful ski trip.
The list can also be considered a collection of ideas for gifts for fashion designers, cool gifts for artists, gifts for painters, gifts for graphic designers, etc.
What is the first idea that comes to your mind when you start thinking about gifts for a graphic designer? I bet it’s a gifts template. Am I right? A fine present, by the way. I am sure it will gratify your beloved nerd, so gifts themes have taken their well-earned first place on my list.
Would you like to know what goes after them? Then, just scroll down.
Website template
A website template is a universal present for web designers/developers. Save their time for the party!
Graphic Tees
You may say that T-shirt is a trivial example of the Christmas presents for graphic designers. But you didn’t see the T-shirts from these guys. Embedded in the culture of Design By Humans is a passion for brilliantly designed tees, detailed illustration, and a strong appreciation for all things creative.
Zzz Bedroom Wall Decal (61" x 29") Wall Sticker Wall Decoration Typography
This handmade item is made of oracle indoor vinyl to order and will decorate your or your friend’s bedroom wall.
Temporary Tattoos for Graphic Designers
A set of 3 bold + beautiful gold ampersand metallic temporary tattoos is a great gift for a graphic designer, writer, or font nerd.
Graphic Designer Coffee Mug
This is a must have coffee mug for a graphic designer or web designer, a perfect gift for a coworker with text saying: "I'm silently judging your font choice."
Personalized Business Cards
These beautiful foil business cards will add an elegant touch to any brand. They make a lasting personalized impression and help to stand out from the competition.
Fox Tote Bag
Fox Tote bag is made in France in Rennes from organic textiles. The illustration is made by designer brand Solis and Lunae illustrators and designers.
Origami Birds White Tights - Hand Printed, Great Design, Creative Patterns
Luxury, covering tights made of microfiber and elastic fibers, 60DEN thick. The patterns on the tights are handmade in limited editions which guarantee their uniqueness.
Graphic Designer Gift - CMKY Badge
This set of three badges makes a perfect gift for your favorite graphic designer, photographer, artist or anyone who appreciates super fun and colorful badges.
CMYK Wood Bead Necklace
Stylish and modern, this would make a great gift for the designers or artists in your life.
Color Wheel Earrings
These are 1/2" locking leverback dangle earrings with professionally printed art prints handset under glass domes. The glass nicely magnifies the artwork underneath.
Vintage Metal Letterpress Font Toiletry Bag
A perfect example of Christmas presents for graphic designers and especially for typography people who want to scream every time they see bad kerning. The bag is made from photographing groupings of metal letterpress type.
Copy and Paste Earrings
Fun earrings with hand-stamped words "copy" and "paste" on U.S. Made of metal discs. The discs are brushed to give them a subtle texture. They are made with a tin-based metal alloy that is heavier than aluminum, but less expensive than sterling silver. They also retain their silver color longer; Sterling silver does tarnish over time.
Oh Crop Mouse Pad
Dress up your/your friend’s work area or home with this computer accessory. This would make a great gift for graphic designers and photographers.
Science Diagram Pillow
Top-quality wool felt was meticulously hand-cut and then sewn in place to create this light/color theory diagram. Mounted on beautiful decorator-weight neutral-colored fabric, the pillow measures approximately 16 x 16.
I hate being sexy but I'm a GRAPHIC DESIGNER so I can't help it - Unisex Hoodie
This Hoddie is heat pressed with Thermoflex Plus vinyl, a durable polyurethane-based material that is a highly flexible matte material finish, this vinyl is designed to adhere to 100% cotton shirts and last for years to come. Unlike screen-printed shirts that will crack, peel, or fade after a few washes, Thermoflex Plus vinyl is made to last for years on 100% Cotton items without diminishing the quality.
Lorem Ipsum scarf
In publishing and graphic design, "Lorem ipsum" is a common placeholder text used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document without adding implied meaning of words the reader could understand. Best example of Christmas presents for graphic designers.
Freestyle Typography Bow Tie
This freestyle, self-tie bow tie is made with 100% organic cotton in typography print - black text on a white background. The text is in Latin and is the 'Lorem ipsum' text that many graphic designers use to fill in a copy.
Love Card
This 'You're Just My Type' funny love card is a must for the typography lover in your life.
Graphic Designer Novelty Gift Teddy Bear
Teddy bear wearing professionally printed design t-shirt. The design is printed onto a 100% polyester t-shirt. It measures 23cm tall (18cm in sitting position), made of lovely soft fluffy fabric, and makes a great novelty gift.
Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills
Within Creative Workshop, you'll find 80 creative challenges that will help you achieve a breadth of stronger design solutions, in various media, within any set period. Exercises range from creating a typeface in an hour to designing a paper robot in an afternoon to designing web pages and other interactive experiences. Each exercise includes compelling visual solutions from other designers and background stories to help you increase your capacity to innovate.
Sakura 30181 Pigma Micron Blister Card 01 Ink Pen, 0.25-mm, Black
When accuracy, minute details, and preservation count, the unparalleled archival quality of Pigma Micron pens makes them everyone's first choice. Artists, writers, and illustrators reach for Pigma Micron and know their work is safeguarded with the permanence of Pigma ink. Experience smooth, skip-free writing and crisp ink colors that leave consistent lettering and lines every time. It has achieved universal appeal and is carried by technical professionals, artists, and crafters alike anthropologists, entomologists, scientists, research laboratories, archivists, architects, professional diamond cutters, cartoonists, manga and anime artists, illustrators, heirloom quilters and decorative fabric artists.
Features archival quality ink for use in acid-free environments, chemically stable, waterproof, fade resistant, no smears, feathers, or bleed-through on most papers. Applicable for graphic art, scrapbook, archival recording, pen and ink illustrations, freehand art, rubber stamps, cartooning, and fabric design. Technical qualities are archival quality Pigma ink, six point sizes, no smear or feather when dry, waterproof and chemical proof, fade resistant, does not bleed through most papers, meets ASTM and ACMI nontoxicity standards, and not evaluated for cosmetic use on skin. The nib size for precise line width is 0.25mm.
Infographics Designers' Sketchbooks
We are living in a golden age of data visualization, in which designers are responding to the information overload of our digital era with astonishing feats of visual thinking. Using a wide variety of techniques, they transform complex ideas into clear, engaging, and memorable infographics. In recent years, books and websites have been collecting the field's best. While stimulating, these finished projects offer little insight into how visual solutions were reached, making them of limited use to designers wanting to produce work of their own. In Infographic Designers' Sketchbooks, more than fifty of the world's leading graphic designers and illustrators open up their private sketchbooks to offer a rare glimpse of their creative processes. Emphasizing idea-generating methods—from doodles and drawings to three-dimensional and digital mock-ups—this revelatory collection is the first to go inside designers' studios to reveal the art and craft behind infographic design.
SinoPro 8.5 Inch LCD Writing Tablet
What’s the LCD Writing Tablet? It’s a flexible LCD panel, the new technology to create a real pen and paper experience. You can use your fingernails to write on it, repeated writing up to 50,000 times. The words and pictures written on the board can be retained as long as you do not delete them. No need to plug in, a built-in coin-cell battery is replaceable. It protects your eyes and is safe for your body.
6 Books For The Artist, Designer, Art Student, Textile Artist
This is what you get:
- A Treasury Of Design For Artists and Craftsmen - 725 paisley and geometric folk and primitive motifs by Gregory Mirow. It contains an incredibly rich collection of bright, modern design material that is immediately usable — all selected especially for this volume from historical periods, and from such favorite styles as pop art and Art Nouveau. And everything in this book is copyright-free! Just select the designs you need, use them alone or in combination with other elements, apply them intact or altered to your needs, and repeat individual items in form patterns.
- 376 Decorative Allover Patterns From Historic Tilework and Textiles By Charles Cahier and Arthur Martin - A 252-page book full of many patterns during 19th century manufactured goods. Extremely rare and valuable portfolio of 376 motifs assembled more than a century ago by two Jesuit Scholars. A collection of floral, animal, bird, and geometric patterns.
- Japanese Floral Patterns and More - Madeline Orban -Szontaugh - 45 copyright-free form floral designs on Japanese art and costume for use in many different arts and craft projects. All over, nature scenes, floral sprays, tree branches, and more.
- Illustrations For Holidays and Special Occasions - Copyright-Free Designs Printed on one side - Designed by Ed Sibbett Jr 650 original - ready to use illustrations Motifs for every holiday.
- Richard Hofmann Decorative Flower and Leaf Designs - 124 Illustrations - Floral and Foliate motifs from a rare late nineteenth-century German collection of illustrations for surface decoration, textiles, and other uses.
- Old Fashioned Sports Illustrations - Carol Belanger Grafton - Copyright-Free Designs Printed on one side - Sports in the good old days over 460 detailed line illustrations featuring players of every kind of sport.
The Incredible Pink Toe Press Color Puzzle Cube
This is an excellent statement piece, desk accessory, or gift for a graphic designer or puzzle-lover in your life. As if the aesthetics were not enough, the cube works in several wonderful ways:
- You can use the puzzle cube to make custom color combinations. It's great for working out designer's block or painter's block. The cube turns and rotates like any other puzzle cube, BUT you can rotate horizontally to match bands of colors (see the last photograph) to get a lovely combination. The possibilities are truly endless!
- You can use the Pink Toe Press Puzzle Cube as a regular puzzle. It is a good size and is compact enough to take with you anywhere. No batteries or chargers are needed for this toy! But please use supervision when children are playing with the puzzle.
- Conversation piece. Use it as-is as a desk accessory or part of your retro-inspired Cabinet of Curiosities. Bring it with you on the train. You'll be the talk of the town.
Fidget Cube
Fidget Cube is a high-quality desk toy developed to help you focus. Designers usually work within a tight timeframe and may stare at the monitor for a whole day. It is tricky for creatives to sit still. Fidget Cube has six sides, and each of them features things to fidget with: either click or clip etc.
Moleskine Smart Notebook
Creative Cloud connected allows one to turn hand-drawn sketches into digital files. The Notebook features specially patterned lines that enable capturing of your drawings from the page. This is a perfect example of Christmas presents for graphic designers and for those who want to get digital copies of their drawings or notes.
Letter Pressed Cookie Cutters
The set includes 26 letters along with an ampersand and an exclamation point. By having two sides, one to cut and the other to press, these cute little cutters make baking an enjoyable process. Designers with the most creative imagination may use the cookies as funny messages.
Failed It
A book written by Erik Kessels. If you have no idea how to turn mistakes into ideas, this book is right for you. It takes the fear out of the error and encourages experimenting. Mistakes are way progressive and help us find new ways of solutions. If you are an inveterate perfectionist and afraid of failure, this book will blow up your mind.
3Doodler
The world’s first 3D printing pen. This may sound weird, yet the pen exists. Its primary purpose is to enable quick ‘sketch’ in 3D to make the ideas quicken. Choose 3Doodler as a gift for your designer friends, and they will lose hours making 3D sculptures.
Counter Culture Coffee Subscription
A Christmas presents for graphic designers who work at nights. Developers and coffee are inseparable. The 6-month subscription will cost you about $20.00.
Lightbox
Cinema Lightbox will boost your friend’s Instagram account. It comes in three different sizes and includes 100 letters along with symbols. The Lightbox has been designed to add a personal touch to photos and put the captions in the frames. We will guarantee you will fall in love with this device and want to leave it by yourself.
Wacom Intuous Pen & Tablet
This gadget works like a digital drawing pad connecting directly to a computer. Working with a mouse is the last century, Wacom Pen helps to create doodles, illustrations or lettering hassle-free and fun.
Lego Architecture
Building Set like Lego Architecture may inspire your designer friend to create something different or find new ways to develop.
642 Things To Draw
This album will encourage your friend to think out of the box. While practicing drawing, he will receive a bunch of inspiration.
Sensu Solo Stylus
This stylus works on a variety of touchscreen gadgets. Sensu Stylus features real-life brush control. Become a creator of a masterpiece with this Artist Brush and Stylus.
MoMa Sky Umbrella
This umbrella will surely brighten rainy days. Everyone knows that the designers require inspiration more than anyone else. By choosing this umbrella, you will save your designer friend from despondency in storm days.
Booq Daypack
This backpack has pockets that fit all kind of smart devices. You can choose one matching specific model laptop you need to take. The Daypacks have been created with digital professionals in mind.
Slate 2.0 LapDesk
As much functional as possible and compatible with most of your devices from iPhone 6/6s to iMac 11”-17”. This is a handmade gift that looks awesome and is the right choice when it comes to optimal workspace lending.
We do hope that the above list will be a great help when you are going to choose gifts for your dearest. Think creatively when buying Christmas presents for graphic designers, and you will hit the right nail on the head. If you know more unusual and artistic gifts, you are welcome to share them with us in the comments below.
You have just viewed the last item of my gifts for creatives list. I hope it will save your time, efforts and birthdays, anniversaries, professional holidays, and other outstanding events won’t drop from the clouds as you will be ready for any of them.
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Ideas of Gifts for Graphic Designers FAQ
Designers are a special category of consumers. Such professional qualities as perfectionism and an enhanced sense of beauty help in work and determine everyday life. In general, gifts for creatives should be exciting and useful. Check out such solutions as graphic design digital products, authentic jewelry, books, educational courses, etc. Focus on the specific preferences of your loved ones.
You can try either an online store or a physical one. The web is full of ideas with direct links to the websites where you can get a particular present. In terms of reasonable subscription offers for graphic designers, the ONE by TemplateMonster is an all-in-one place where you can access numerous digital products for designers and web developers.
Whether it is Christmas or any other holiday, choose a gift for the designer with taste and care. Any gift should carry an element of creativity, uniqueness, and original vision. Choose presents that combine materials in an unusual way, where fantasy borders on genius. When talking about winter holidays, pay attention to warm touchscreen gloves, cozy hoodies, home decor, or desktop accessories.
Fashion designers adore a sense of style in everything that surrounds them. Consider fashion-related items such as a biography book of his/her favorite fashion designer, an organizer for art materials, stylish souvenirs, and home decor.