"Save Fish, Eat Chips" and More Quirky Christmas Gift Ideas from DesignMarketo (Photos)

Petz Scholtus
Design / Sustainable Product Design
December 8, 2011

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DesignMarketo is the place where you can find truly unique christmas gifts, for hipsters with a conscious who appreciate fresh designs from small and local productions! I had the pleasure to see the real things at Gallery Otras Cosas here in Barcelona, but if you can't find a pop-up store near you, just go online! Here a selection of the coolest and greenest for this season.

Vegetable Light

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This minimal lamp uses a heavy vegebtable as its base. Be creative: choose the veg that mosts suits your table deco and later eat it. Designer Peter Marigold recommends yams, celeriac and swedes.
63.04EUR/84.44USD

"An Apple A Day" calendar and fruit bowl in one

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Minimal fruitbowl that let's you eat away the days to keep the doctor away... very clever and stylish (top image)! And totally flat-pack, made from biodegradable materials.
29.19EUR/39.09USD

JACK chopping board

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The natural beech chopping board comes in 5 different colours inspired from food stains: pomegranate, carrot, black grape, basil and spinach.
42.61EUR/57.08USD

"Save Fish, Eat Chips" Tote Bag

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The perfect gift for vegans! First designed by Alexandre Bettler for the V&A Village Fete in 2005.
7.88EUR/10.56USD

“Grow Your Own” organic t-shirt

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100% certified organic and fair trade cotton t-shirt by the Front Yard Company.
19.85EUR/26.58USD

In Vino Veritas tablecloth

This is one way to archieve durability for a tablecloth... making sure that it becomes better over time. The beautiful pattern in the white cotton tablecloth is revealed as the wine is spilled.
40.86EUR/54.73USD

For more gift ideas, visit DesignMarketo.com.