Buying gifts for the technologically inclined can be challenging. Here’s fifteen great ideas for gifts for web designers.
Responsive Sketch Pad
This unique sketch pad is created to help developers design websites for both desktop and mobile platforms. If you don’t like this pad, UI Stencils has an awesome collection of similar gifts for web designers.
Don’t Make Me Think
Don’t Make Me Think is a classic of user interface design. It should be a must-read volume for any web developer. If your friend hasn’t checked this out yet, now is the time – it’s just come out in a mobile-aware new edition.
Notification Memo
We get digital notifications every day. Now you can create paper notifications using the same user interface design with these cute sticky notes.
iPhone Stencil Kit
This iPhone Stencil Kit makes it easier for web designers to add UI elements from iOS into their hand-drawn wireframes.
Web Designer’s Idea Book
This Web Designer’s Idea book is a useful resource for working developers trying to stay creative.
Cooking for Geeks
When you’re in front of a computer for most of your life, it’s easy to get stuck eating trash. Check out this cookbook for geeks to get some better cooking in to your friend’s life.
Helvetica Mug
Less of a tech gift and more of a designer gift, this Helvetica mug captures the world’s most popular typeface.
Floppy Disk Coasters
These floppy disk coasters are a throwback to the bad old days of 1.44MBs of storage. Confuse young people in your life and make old people feel ancient!
CSS is Awesome Mug
This punny mug perfectly highlights the hot and cold relationship most developers have with cascading style sheets, or CSS.
Motherboard Keychain
This 20mm motherboard keychain is made from images inspired by printed circuit board layouts.
.net Magazine Subscription
.net magazine is the number one magazine subscription for professional web designers and web developers. Get your friend a gift subscription so they can stay on top of the latest trends.
HTML “<head>” Earrings
If you know any web developers with pierced ears, these HTML earrings are a fun in-joke for other web developers.
Lynda Subscription
Development is a constantly changing business. If you don’t stay on top of new developments, you’ll fall behind. Lynda is the best premium educational resource online for developers and everyone else.
Rocketbook Wave Smart Notebook
The Rocketbook Wave Smart Notebook is a reusable notebook that can be erased by microwaving. Snap a photo of your notes and uploaded it to your favorite cloud service to archive your scribbling permanently. Then nuke the notebook and start over.
Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit
This starter kit for Aurdino programming is the perfect way to get started making physical devices with some engineering know-how. One of the few great physical gifts for web designers.
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