Gift ideas, by person
Presents chosen around a person rather than a date — the herbalist, the dad who has everything, the friend who reads.
The one who builds
For the one who has a shelf of finished sets, and a table with one in progress.8 ideasThe one who makes things
For the one whose kitchen table is under a project, and the project is going well.8 ideasThe student
For the one who moved out this month and is still finding out what is missing.8 ideasThe one who automates the house
For the one whose lights come on before they do.8 ideasThe new parents
For the ones who have been awake at three in the morning lately, and hold it against nobody.8 ideasThe one on the bike
For the one who cycles to work, and then keeps going at the weekend.8 ideasThe one who hosts game night
For the one who clears the table to put something more important on it.8 ideasThe one who works from home
For the one who called the kitchen table an office, and now means it.8 ideasThe one who is always going somewhere
The things that get packed every time, and the ones that get bought at the airport every time instead.6 ideasThe one who reads
For somebody who has enough books already. Everything around them that makes the reading better.6 ideasThe one with the camera
For whoever brings the camera and leaves the phone in a pocket. The gift is rarely the camera.6 ideasThe one who walks
Someone who treats the weather as a detail. Things that are light and do not break.6 ideasThe one who listens
Not somebody with music on, but somebody who sits down for it. The difference is in the equipment.6 ideasThe one who has everything
Defined by speed rather than by taste: they own it before you thought of it. So buy the thing nobody thinks of.6 ideasThe one who plays
The hardware around the game, which is the half that wears out and the half nobody replaces.6 ideasThe one who trains at home
Equipment that has to be put away, because that decides whether it is still in use in a month.6 ideasThe one who cooks
Someone who starts chopping on Sunday afternoon and is not finished until the evening.6 ideasThe coffee obsessive
For the person whose morning begins with a scale, a timer and an opinion about grind size.6 ideas