10 BEAUTIFUL GIFTS TO THRILL MIND & BODY NOW
We’ve got 10 beautiful gifts, carefully curated by the BN Team, that will delight the mind, thrill the body and elicit infinite aaaahhs! Check them out for the best people on your gift list!
1. UNEXPECTED CREATIONS: LOTUS ARTS DE VIVRE
“Lotus Arts de Vivre,” by Victoria Gomelsky, celebrates Lotus Arts de Vivre artisans and their nature inspired jewelry, accessories, and decorative objects. Rich in color, texture and detail, using unique combinations of natural materials, including exotic seashells, driftwood, Afghan emeralds, and Baltic amber.
This makes a beautiful gift to grace a design-lover’s coffee table.
2. CAGED CORAL -- SARAH GRAHAM
The beauty of natural coral is further exalted in jewelry designer Sarah Graham’s collection of Caged Coral rings, pendants, and earrings. They feature scientifically accurate reproductions of coral, rendered in her signature blackened steel, with 18-karat gold and diamond accents.
Available at Sarah Graham.
3. CAPRICE EARRINGS -- LARKSPUR & HAWK
These stunning green drop earring, designed by Emily Satloff, founder of New York jewelry house Larkspur & Hawk, have a contemporary spin with a vintage vibe. Striking pear-shaped citrines, backed with green foil are set in rose gold to dangle at the center of champagne diamond surround. This gift does have a Christmasy air, but give them or wear them any time!
Available at Larkspur & Hawk and Kirna Zabete.
4. ASTRONOMIA ROSE GOLD WATCH -- JACOB & CO.
The Gravitational Triple Axis Tourbillon, designed by Jacob Arabo, founder of Jacob & Co, is encased under a dome of transparent sapphire crystal. This version, set in rose gold, is particularly sweet, but you might also like the white gold edition set with diamond baguettes.
In either case, this makes an amazing gift. It offers a 360-degree view of the watch’s complicated movement, with its gravitational tourbillon rotating on 3 axes.
Available at Jacob and Co.
5. CUSTOM MOTORCYCLE -- REVIVAL CYCLES
If you love an uber-cool motorcycle rider, this gift will start a heart beating faster for sure. It’s a gorgeous custom motorcycle from Revival Cycles. The Landspeeder uses a vintage bike for design inspiration and adds modern technology for a motorized work of art.
Available at Revival Cycles.
6. GIANT OUTDOOR CHESS SET -- ANDY SCOTT
Artist Andy Scott, known for his giant horse sculptures, has created a giant outdoor chess set that would make a perfect gift for a chess-loving garden-loving loved one.
Horse-themed, of course, the set includes 32 of his sculptures, each standing 8 - 12 feet tall.
Available at Scott Sculptures.
7. FIELD OF TOWERS CHESS SET -- ZAHA HADID
One beautiful way to remember the late architect Zaha Hadid, who died suddenly earlier this year, is with her limited edition “Field of Towers” chess set, made of silver and resin.
Available at Zaha Hadid Design.
8. RITA HAYWORTH LIMITED EDITION 46 -- MONTBLANC
This Montblanc Rita Hayworth Limited Edition 46 fountain pen is straight out sexy. An homage to old Hollywood and star Rita Hayworth, this pen features a solid-gold barrel and cap, decorated with guilloche engraving and encased in green lacquer, encircled with a band of diamonds. The contour of the pen echos Hayworth’s curves. A mandarin citrine gem on the clip, is meant to suggest Hayworth’s red hair.
Available at Montblanc.
9. KANDINSKY ARTISAN EDITION PENS -- MONTBLANC
We love giving and receiving beautiful pens.
The new Kandinsky Artisan Edition pens, a Montblanc homage to artist Wassily Kandinsky, was inspired by his 1925 masterpiece “Yellow-Red-Blue.” Crafted in solid gold, with a colored lacquer barrel, festooned with beautiful inlays of rubies, along with blue and yellow sapphires and diamonds, is a masterpiece.
Available at Montblanc.
10. RENE BOIVIN JEWELLER
'Rene Boivin Jeweller' a collectible book by Françoise Cailles, documents the history and works of the great jeweler and the firm he founded in 1917.
Packed with loads of beautiful photos, this makes a gorgeous coffee table gift -- especially if you pair it with a little piece of Rene Boivin jewelry!
Available at 1st Dibs.
Read more about Beautiful Gifts 2016 in The Most Beautiful Book Gifts 2016, 10 Most Beautiful Nature Science Gifts of 2016, 10 Beautiful Gifts to Delight & Savor Now, 10 beautiful works of art make beautiful gifts now in this BN Daily Fix and 10 Most Beautiful Travel Gifts Now.
And check out more beautiful things happening now in BN Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact Daily Fix posts.
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IMAGE CREDITS:
- Image: Courtesy of Lotus Arts de Vivre. Untitled.
- Image: Courtesy of Assouline. “Unexpected Creations: Lotus Arts de Vivre,” by Victoria Gomelsky.
- Image: Courtesy of Sarah Graham. “Caged Coral,” designed by Sarah Graham.
- Image: Courtesy of Larkspur & Hawk. “Caprice Earrings,” designed by Emily Satloff for Larkspur & Hawk.
- Image: Courtesy of Jacob & Co. “Astronomia Rose Gold Tourbillon Baguette,” designed by Jacob Arabo for Jacob and Co.
- Image: Courtesy of Revival Cycles. Custom Motorcycle.
- Image: Courtesy of American Scottish Foundation. “The Kelpies,” sculpture by Andy Scott.
- Image: Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Design . “Field of Towers Chess Set,” designed by Zaha Hadid.
- Image: Courtesy of Montblanc. “Rita Hayworth Limited Edition 46 Fountain pen.”
- Image: Courtesy of Montblanc. “Kandinsky Artisan Edition pen.”
- Image: Courtesy of Quartet Books. “Rene Boivin Jeweller,” by Françoise Cailles.
- Image: Courtesy of Quartet Books. “Rene Boivin Jeweller,” by Françoise Cailles.
- Image: Courtesy of Revival Cycles. Custom Motorcycle.
- Image: by BN App - Download now!
- Image: Courtesy of Jacob & Co. “Astronomia Sky Rose Gold” designed by Jacob Arabo for Jacob and Co.
