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Are you looking for a gift for yourself or for someone passionate about design?
Here is the blog post for you: I have collected here 30 – and I mean thirty! – gift ideas all about design under 200 euros, starting from 34 euros!
You can find a bit of everything, lightings, small furnishing, accessories and decorations, Nordic design and Made in Italy. There are historical design icons (yes, you can buy design icons for less than 200 euros!) and contemporary design novelties.
You can find all the items here also online!

Design icons under € 200:

Eclisse, Vico Magistretti, 1965
Artemide

The perfect bedside lamp: designed in 1965 by Vico Magistretti for Artemide and Compasso d’Oro in 1967.
This year it acquires a particular value because it is 100 years of Vico Magistretti!

€ 165. On sale at € 134 on Designrepublic.com €140 on Lovethesign.com.

Lampadina, Achille Castiglioni, 1972
Flos

This year Flos presents, for the first time, the legendary Lampadina by Achille Castiglioni in new colors: in addition to the classic orange and black, it will be also in violet, white, turquoise and green.
The anodized aluminum base it’s also available now in a black version.

€ 110 on sale on Lovethesign.com at €84,28 and at €99 on Mohd.it

On the Bazar Corraini webshop there are beautiful “design kit” with the flip books “Castiglioni in 2 seconds”, the hree flip books with Ventosa lamp (€ 100) and another one with the Castiglioni brother’s switch (€ 50).

Pencil holder Maiorca, Bruno Munari, 1958
Danese

The Maiorca pencil holder designed by Bruno Munari for Danese in 1958 is a very nice gift idea, a small desk design icon!

€ 105 on Danese.it.

Componibili, Anna Castelli Ferrieri, 1967
Kartell

The legendary Kartell modular cabinets, designed in 1967 by Anna Castelli Ferrieri in ABS, an innovative material at the time, are now proposed in the new edition in pastel colors and new material: biopolymer.

€ 175 on Kartell.com.

Falkland lamp, Bruno Munari, 1964
Danese

Iconic light designed by Bruno Munari for Danese in 1964 inspired by Japanese lamps.

Starting from € 174 cm Ø40×85 cm on Danese and TaniniHome.com.

Here you can see the video of a lesson given by Munari at the IUAV in Venice in 1992 in which he describes the project of the Falkland lamp:

Micro Tolomeo, Michele De Lucchi/Giancarlo Fassina, 1987
Artemide

Tolomeo is one of Artemide’s most famous lamps, a true icon. The micro version with clamp is a great gift idea (at a small price).

€ 132 on sale at € 110 on Designrepublic.com.

Portable lamp Panthella, Verner Panton, 1971
Louis Poulsen 

The Panthella Portable lamp is a wireless version of an iconic lamp designed in 1971 by Verner Panton. Panton’s idea was to create a structure that diffuses light from every surface. An icon of Scandinavian design.

€ 200 on Finnish Design Shop.

String Pocket

The minimum module of the String bookcase is perfect for organizing and decorating kitchens, bedrooms, studies, bathrooms … a great idea also as a bedside table!
Available in many colors.

€144 on Lovethesign.com € 146 on Designrepublic.com
On TaniniHome.com you can find with perspex structure, € 146.

Vitra Toolbox

Iconic, the toolbox by Vitra in ABS plastic, perfect in the kitchen, on the desk, in the bedroom, bathroom… available in many colors.

€ 35 on Vitra.com.

Marimekko cushions

Unikko is the most famous Marimekko pattern designed in 1964 by the Finnish designer Maija Isola. Now it’s everywhere from cushions to teapot, cups, textiles…

Cushion (cm 50×50) € 34 Marimekko.com

Design icons by Enzo Mari:

A few months after Enzo Mari’s death, giving a piece of design designed by him is a wonderful idea.

Formosa calendar, Enzo Mari, 1963
Danese

In 1963 Enzo Mari designed the Formosa wall calendar for Danese.
It is a perpetual calendar, it will be a gift that will last forever!
Also available in red.

€ 152 on Danese and Tanini.com.

Timor calendar, Enzo Mari, 1967
Danese

The other very famous perpetual calendar designed by Enzo Mari for Danese it’s the table calendar Timor.

€ 124 Danese.

Museo coat hanger, Enzo Mari, 1991
Zanotta

Simple and iconic wall hanger designed in 1991 by Enzo Mari for Zanotta. Single element in painted steel, available in black or white.

€ 73 on Designrepublic.com

Natura serie, Enzo Mari, 1963
Danese

Enzo Mari silk-screen prints have now become iconic. My favorites are the apple, pear and goose. Inspired by Caravaggio’s fruit basket, Mari has created a series of subjects since 1963.

“Mela” (cm 50×70) € 135, “Il porcello” (cm 45×70) € 150, “La pantera” (cm 56×112) € 178, “L’orso” (cm 56×112) € 195

Contemporary design gift ideas under 200 euros:

Plissé, Michele de Lucchi
Alessi

The electric kettle Plissé is designed by Michele de Lucchi. I love it! Also available in different colors.
Extra gift idea: give it combined with nice cups and some delicious herbal tea!

€ 75 on Alessi.

Birdie Easy, Ludovica+Roberto Palomba
Foscarini

New colors and new edition for the Birdie lamp, designed by Ludovica + Roberto Palomba for Foscarini.

€ 177

Arnoldino stool, Martino Gamper

The Arnoldino stool is a mini version for kids of the Arnold Circus stool designed by Martino Gamper in recyclable polyethylene.

€ 60 on Martino’s Shop.

Norm 69, Normann Copenhagen

Norm 69 is the first product launched in 2002 by Normann Copenhagen and has become an icon of contemporary Nordic design.
This lamp comes in 69 pieces that anyone can assemble without the use of any tools or glue.

Available in several measures. ø 60 cm € 140 on Normann Copenhagen

Ridge vase, Muuto

The Ridge ceramic vase looks like a sculpture, beautiful even when empty!

€ 179 on Muuto.com

Iittala glasses

Kastehelmi is an iconic series of glasses from the Finnish brand Iittala. They are available in different colors. From the same collection, there are also plates and bowls.

€ 29 set of two glasses, on Iittala.com

DLM coffee table, Hay

The DLM (Don’t Leave Me) coffee table is the nordic version of our iconic and historical Cicognino designed by Franco Albini in 1953.
Same idea: grabbing it by the handle you can carry it around the house.

€ 159 on Hay.

Formakami lamp, &Tradition

The Formakami suspension lamp is one of the most iconic pieces of the Nordic brand & Tradition, designed by the designer Jaime Hayon. In rice paper, it is inspired by Japanese lanterns.

Available in different sizes € 192,76 (cm ø45×65) on Tanini Home.

Ferm Living glasses

A beautiful gift idea also with the carafe of the same series!

€ 55 set of 4 on Ferm Living.

Ikebana vase, Fritz Hansen

Also for this project Jamie Hayon was inspired by Japan: the glass and brass vase allows you to create beautiful floral compositions inspired by the Japanese art of Ikebana!

Available in two dimensions, € 186 on Fritz Hansen.

Mobile Symphony in 3 Movements, Flensted Mobiles

Nordic-inspired mobiles, this one in particular was inspired by listening to a Mozart symphony. A beautiful gift idea also for those who love music!

€ 55 on Finnish Design Shop.

Posture n.1 vase, Bloc Studios

Very elegant and beautiful, the vase sculpture Posture n.1 by Bloc Studios is hand made in white Arabescato marble and brass.
Inspired by the series of photographs “Posture” by the artist Carl Kleiner, the series of vases was born from the collaboration between Kleiner and Bloc Studios in search of the perfect “pose” for beautiful flowers.

€ 180 on Bloc Studios.

Have you found any ideas to make (or make yourself) a nice design gift?