Great Gift Ideas for Urbanists

• Lego Public Transit Set: Here is a great gift for the young urbanist in your family or, better yet, the young urbanist in us all!
• Field Notes: Urbanists are notorious for taking notes while wandering around town. Field Notes offers “an honest memo book, worth fillin’ up with GOOD INFORMATION.” A cheaper, hipper (and less obnoxious) alternative to Moleskines.
• PF Flyer Shoes: Urbanists like to walk (a lot), but they are also stylish. PF Flyers are the perfect balance. They offer an orthopedic alternative to Chuck Taylors, while maintaining a hip, urban vibe.
• Tactical Urbanism (book): My favourite read of 2015. This book by Mike Lydon and Anthony Garcia provides permission for urbanists community members to become key actors in transforming their neighbourhoods. My review is found here.
• T-shirts: Urbanists love to wear their city pride on their chests. Vancouver-based Ole Originals sells some unique high quality city themed t-shirts with the tagline “Love where you are from!”
• Ork’s City Neighborhood Posters: Another great way for urbanists to show pride in their city or hometown.
• MUJI’s City in a Bag: Choose from Tokyo, London, Paris or New York and teach the future urbanists in your life about bustling urban metropolises. MUJI’s minimalist aesthetic also makes this a perfect gift for the design conscious urbanist. Better yet, buy a few sets for yourself and create your own wooden metropolis.
• Strong Towns Membership: Strong Towns is a non-profits that seeks a world where “our cities, towns and neighborhoods are financially strong and resilient.” Help support this noble and important vision by purchasing a membership for the urbanist in your life (and buy yourself on while you are at it!

Your Turn

These are just a few gift ideas from a multitude of possibilities. I’d be interested in hearing what my fellow urbanists are either looking forward to give or receive this holiday season. Please let me know in the comments section.

A variation of this article was originally published on yuriartibise.com.