frankie stocking stuffers: brendan and jarrod

Boys can be pretty tough to shop for at the best of times, so when Christmas rolls round and we're strapped for ideas, often we wind up drawing a blank. To give us all a helping hand, we put it to our resident frankie fellas, Advertising Manager Jarrod Kris and Brand and Marketing Manager Brendan McKnight, to fill us in on the sorts of things they'll like to find in their stocking this year.



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BRENDAN:

1. The term 'statement socks' is possibly the worst thing ever, nevertheless, I do enjoy a sock that has something to say. The folk at Dagmar Rousset, Ghostly and Odd Pears have a pretty swell selection.

2. A recent bedroom swap in my share house means it's time for some new wall furniture. These worldly custom framed posters by Re-Issue will do nicely. Small runs, rare, hard-to-find and super special. I like.

3. All roads lead to Canberra this summer (yes, really). A visit to the James Turrell retrospective at the NGA and a fancy stay at Hotel Hotel ticks all the boxes for road trip fun times.

4. What, you thought we were too proud to get our tap dance shoes on and do a little number, enticing you to commit to 12 month's worth of Smithy goodness? No way, we love making our mag, so we've got no shame flogging it.

JARROD:

1. If you're a sucker for travel, maps and woodwork, you'll dig these Below the Boat pieces as much as I do. Hopefully my room will soon be decorated with topographical goodness.

2. Colourful, yet menacing. It's not your ordinary kite, but then, I'm not your ordinary boy. This sky-ripping arm-puller will have me hanging on for dear life this summer.

3. All good things come in small packages. They also come in nostalgic colours, are waterproof and take amazing quality videos... Well, maybe that's just the Polaroid Cube. This little beauty also has a magnet to stick on my bike or drumkit. Nice.

4. If it wasn't for Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine, I wouldn't have seen my true potential as a ukulele player. Luckily for me, Mim will sort me out with some of the finest Koa produced ukes on Earth.... Now I just need that leather jacket!