Holiday Gifts 2008 by Design

It’s often hard to choose the right gift, let alone one for a designer. But the web can help eliminate the guess work by sharing specialty lists. In particular, the ones below might inspire you with great gift ideas for the special design-minded colleagues or friends in your life:

• John Hill offers his annual list of Holiday Gift Books: 08 Edition at A Daily Dose of Architecture
• Marketing crew Zeus Jones has a Holiday Gift Guide
• Design Magazine and Resource Core77 compiled 77 Design Gifts Under $7
• Web designer Samantha Warren offers her list of Gifts for Designers ’08 Edition at her Bad Ass Ideas blog
• E-tailer Design Public has their Holiday Gift Guide
  

Looking for something more unexpected? Among the many unique objects for gift-giving, potential gift-giving ideas can be found in these collections:

• Tina Roth Eisenberg highlights the Coolest Typographic Holiday Gift of 2008
• Joseph Sullivan compiled his list of Favorite Book Covers of 2008 at The Book Design Review

Happy design holiday-gift hunting! Remember to choose wisely.