The GQ Gift Guide 2012: For the Ballers

Do your friends have a thing for tax shelters? Does your name begin with "Crown Prince"? Then these gifts are for you and yours

Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers + Subwoofer
These speakers aren't just minimalist in design: with a mere ten watts per channel, they're probably not blowing away your current setup anytime soon. However, with their acoustically dead porcelain and cork housings, all the power goes exactly where it should, and, well, just look at them—we haven't seen anything this simultaneously organic and futuristic since RoboCop, and he was a damn sight less pleasant to listen to.

Prada Chess Set
History's most intellectual game, as seen through the eyes of the most intellectual designers out there, and made as sleek and modern as one of the Italian house's signature suits.

The GQ Gift Guide 2012: Editors' Picks

What our staff wants to give and get (but mostly get) this holiday season

Bell Jar Lamp
"Lamps are hard to shop for, mostly because of the shade. No matter how vintage or antique or modern or postmodern or whatever the stem is, chances are the shade makes it look about fifty percent too much of whatever you were going for. Go unshaded, and you look like a college student. It's basically lose/lose. I spent my bachelor pad years stuck in this deadlock, totally unwilling to commit to table-based lightning solutions or a particular aesthetic (or anything, for that matter). Which is why I fervently endorse the Bell Jar lamp, God's gift to apartment dwelling men everywhere. It's wood, glass, and a light. You put it on your table. Done."—Mark Byrne, GQ editorial assistant

8 Knots Pestemals
"WTF is a pestemal? Officially, a traditional Turkish bathhouse towel, but I use these seersucker versions as a beach blanket, a rug, whatever. They dry lightning-fast, and get softer and softer with each wash."—Andrew Richdale, GQ associate editor

Blackbird Argonaut Coasters
"When you're lucky enough to be sharing the same living space as your lady, every purchase becomes a mutual agreement. These coasters bridge the gap between masculine and feminine in that they are cut from leather hide into sharp geometric shapes, and look good during the holidays with their gold surface."—Benjamin Bours, GQ designer