Gifts from the Design Community
Looking for design gift ideas? Check out our round-up of art, apparel and products made by a few of the talented artists and designers we’re lucky to work with.
ART, STATIONERY & HOME GOODS
Rick Griffith
Prints and design gifts from You Need a Manifesto illustrator Rick Griffith. everythingiscomplicated.com/works
Rick also runs The Shop at MATTER, the only black-owned bookstore in Colorado. Check out a few of their pieces that explore the “most relevant fringes of the design practice”
shopatmatter.com/the-manual-of-design-fiction
shopatmatter.com/gr-13-blarp-astronaut-poster
Hope Meng
T-shirts, prints, bags and more from designer Hope Meng, who created the custom fonts and covers for our d.school guides
Jennifer Brown
Ocean and nature-themed textile art pieces from d.school book and content editor Jennifer Brown
Scott Teplin
Finely detailed posters from Scott Teplin, whose vibrant and quirky illustrations brought to life our d.school guide This Is a Prototype
Reina Takahashi
Paper art and prints from Reina Takahashi, who created the cut paper art visuals for d.school guide Navigating Ambiguity
Lisa Congdon
Prints, cards and other gifts from Lisa Congdon, who interviewed d.school author Charlotte Burgess-Auburn on her podcast for creative folks
Eames Office
We love the selection of cards, prints and more from the office of Charles and Ray Eames, designers of the famous chairs
DESIGN TOOLS
Lesley-Ann Noel
A deck of cards called “A Designer's Critical Alphabet” created by Lesley-Ann Noel, author of the d.school guide Design Social Change
Victor Saad
The Brand Deck, from Stanford educator and author Victor Saad, which provides insights into how users want to be perceived and understood
Grace Hawthorne
Paper-based supplies for work and school from Foldmade, created by Grace Hawthorne, author of d.school guide Make Possibilities Happen
APPAREL
Patrick Beaudouin
Skateboarding goods and apparel from Atlas Skate Company, co-founded by longtime d.school photographer Patrick Beaudouin
Kelly Schmutte
Ballet pointe shoe inserts that create a supportive fit from d.school educator and Navigating Ambiguity author Kelly Schmutte
BOOKS
d.school guides
Our guides are the ultimate community creation. We asked a group of our designers and educators to write a set of 10 books based on their work and their d.school classes.
Buy the set at a discounted rate of $128 for the holidays: porchlightbooks.com
Explore and buy the individual books: dschool.stanford.edu/books
Community bookshelf
Looking for new reading material? Check out these books from prolific writers in our community on topics from creativity to equity to learning from failure