The Custom Home Holiday Gift Guide

For: The Digital Maven
iPad Pro + Pencil, Apple | From $799 and $99
Jonathan Ive and the Apple design team exchanged their notepads for the new iPad Pro following the release of the brand’s new Apple Pencil accessory, which features an ultra-sensitive nib that can highlight a single pixel and is designed to precisely replicate real-life paintbrush, pencil, and pen strokes. Dubbed a “game changer”, the larger, 12.9” iPad Pro is a sound investment for architects and builders, toting improved graphics and designer-friendly apps—such as Morpholio Board, which allows creative professionals to seamlessly brainstorm and build custom layouts across a shared network. apple.com

For: The Digital Pioneer
Livescribe 3 Smart Pen Moleskine Edition, LiveScribe | $229.95
For the classic Moleskine aficionado who still prefers putting pen to paper—yet enjoys the advantages of digital storage—this pair of products features a partnership between Livescribe and Moleskine to make digitizing field notes a breeze. The pages that fill these compatible Moleskine notebooks are lined with miniscule dots, which the Livescribe pen then utilizes (in tandem with a built-in motion detector) to track and decipher pen strokes. The system syncs a digital copy of that information back to the user’s smartphone or tablet. The pen also features a built-in microphone for recording audio transcripts of interviews. store.livescribe.com

For: The Building Science Expert
FLIR ONE for iOs and Android, FLIR | $250
For the building science enthusiast on your list, the FLIR ONE thermal imaging smartphone attachment mimics many of the features found in the original, full-sized infrared camera. Free from additional cords, cases, devices, and screens, the travel-friendly device captures two images using MSX technology, blending a Lepton thermal reader with a standard camera to provide physical detail to raw thermal leadings. FLIR ONE features a 160×120 Lepton resolution and is available for both iOs- and Android- compatible smartphones. flir.com

For: The Colleague
Miniatures, Vitra | From $32
Twenty years ago, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, began making miniature, scaled replicas to celebrate the twentieth-century’s most iconic furniture milestones. A collectible testament to the industry, the painstakingly crafted models, like Saarinen’s coveted Tulip, affords a design enthusiast the opportunity to own one. shop.design-museum.de

For: The Client
Jutaku: Japanese Houses, Phaidon | $24.95
Sure to brighten any book collection, U.S.-born and Tokyo-based architect Naomi Pollock’s survey of Japan’s residential landscape features more than 400 houses that push the traditional envelope and shed light on the country’s most influential architects. Jutaku, which is the Japanese word for “house”, explores the rhyme and reason behind why Japanese houses intrigue many Westerners—in style, size, and materials. phaidon.com

For: The Mobile Photographer
4-in-1 Lens for iPhone, Olloclip | $79.99
For those who primarily use their smartphone for capturing shots, a snap-on lens kit can elevate mobile photography to new levels. The new Olloclip 4-in-1 Lens adds wide-angle and fisheye lenses to your iPhone, as well as two macro lenses that provide an additional 10x and 15x zoom for all the tiny details a standard lens might miss. olloclip.com