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Design Pros Weigh In on Buying the Perfect Gift

Our Buyer's Sourcebook, on newsstands now, showcases hundreds of essential items for design lovers. In the issue, we ask the savviest design professionals we know what gifts they recommend and products they love. Here, we've rounded up a collection of our favorite tips.

What is your go-to kitchen appliance?

A Nespresso machine.

Espresso machines by Nespresso, from $99.
What is your go-to kitchen appliance? A Nespresso machine. Espresso machines by Nespresso, from $99.
What is the best design book to give as a gift?

Peter Zumthor: Buildings and Projects, 1985–2013, edited by Thomas Durisch (Scheidegger and Spiess, 2014), $250.
What is the best design book to give as a gift? Peter Zumthor: Buildings and Projects, 1985–2013, edited by Thomas Durisch (Scheidegger and Spiess, 2014), $250.
What’s your favorite kind of towel? 

For the bath: 100 percent linen from Fog Linen. It is quick to dry and so great on the skin.

Bath towels from Fog Linen from $52.
What’s your favorite kind of towel? For the bath: 100 percent linen from Fog Linen. It is quick to dry and so great on the skin. Bath towels from Fog Linen from $52.
What is your go-to host gift? 

A Wary Meyers soap and a Wary Meyers candle.

Soaps, $14 each, and candles, $28.50 each, from Wary Meyers.
What is your go-to host gift? A Wary Meyers soap and a Wary Meyers candle. Soaps, $14 each, and candles, $28.50 each, from Wary Meyers.
What is your go-to kitchen appliance?

Definitely my Vitamix blender. Professional Series 705 Blender by Vitamix, $639.
What is your go-to kitchen appliance? Definitely my Vitamix blender. Professional Series 705 Blender by Vitamix, $639.
What’s your go-to host gift? 

You can’t go wrong with Hermès playing cards. Parade bridge playing cards (set of two) by Hermès, $100.
What’s your go-to host gift? You can’t go wrong with Hermès playing cards. Parade bridge playing cards (set of two) by Hermès, $100.
What is your go-to kitchen appliance?

I don’t cook much, so does my OXO Muddler qualify as an appliance? There’s nothing like a refreshing mojito on a hot summer day.

Steel muddler from Oxo, $14.
What is your go-to kitchen appliance? I don’t cook much, so does my OXO Muddler qualify as an appliance? There’s nothing like a refreshing mojito on a hot summer day. Steel muddler from Oxo, $14.