Available now at all good newsstands is the The New Yorker’s “Cartoons of the Year” issue, highlighting more than 250 of the best moments from 2011. Cartoons by Roz Chast, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jack Ziegler, Danny Shanahan are featured.  Bruce Eric Kaplan (who signs his comics as ‘BEK’) is also famous for having been a supervising producer during the first season of “Six Feet Under.” Pick up the new issue of The New Yorker this month.

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Great news are coming from interior brand Kartell. The iconic 4801 armchair, originally designed by Joe Colombo is being re-issued. Originally released in 1965 in plywood, the chair returns in plastic this time. At the time they were not able to produce the chair in plastic. Kartell is known for their plastic design objects, so the chair is a great fit. This time around the chair comes priced at about $2,000 USD.

Sure, we have seen countless versions of brogues with the rise of the shoe in the casual market, nevertheless sometimes finding the simplest thing turns out to be the hardest. Today we come across this new variant by Mark McNairy for SOTO Berlin. The shoe comes with a waxy brown premium leather upper, leather mid-sole and a proper outer-sole that will ensure that these will also get you through the winter. Available now from SOTO.

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German brand Loewe launches their new SoundVision product, a Hi-Fi stereo radio and CD with iPhone / iPod dock and touch screen. Known for their high end products in the Hi-Fi segment, the new SoundVision lets you listen to your CDs, your iPod, iPhone and all other Smartphones, Internet radio and FM. Connected to the Internet, this Hi-Fi stereo with touch screen features six speakers and two subwoofers delivering an incredibly rich and precise sound. colette has it up for pre-order, with an official release coming soon.

Notcot lets us know about these shelves. If we were more worried about being cool we might be concerned by our increasing interest in home furnishings. But we’ve never been cool, so we can write about shelves with reckless abandon. And yes, that is the only time you’ll ever see the phrase reckless abandon in an article about shelves.

Oliver Peoples whips up a dosing of new eyewear for The Soloist. The Takahiro Miyashita collection of eyeglasses and sunglasses will appeal to most. What will not is the difficulty in getting your hands on them: they are a hard find outside of Asia.

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We spoke about this collab briefly in our feature on Kenneth MacKenzie last week and here’s the results. The 6876/Fred Perry collab was the result of some mining through the archives of 6876, bringing back some of their greatest hits, so to speak, alongside some original creations. One from the archives, this car coat has all those little things we appreciate – handwarmer pockets with button tab closure, concealed superlampo zip placket – you know, that kind of thing. End has it.

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“He started off as a Drummer in LA before finding himself managing a premium boutique agency for top models in New York City. Today, Scott Lipps manages the assignments of Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova, just to name a few. On a beautiful fall day, Scott put his glamorous daily business aside to introduce his two friends Matt Kliegman and Carlos Quirarte, owners of ‘The Smile’.”

Here’s the perfect gift for the person who uses Movember as an excuse to grow a mustache. Or the person who loves mustaches so much they want it on their clock. Or you could get it for your friend who’s trying to be a hipster. And we’ve all got a friend who fits into one of those categories. And the watch is only $15, the perfect price for a gift to an office acquaintance. Kikkerland has them.

Cyber Monday has the world spending like mad online. To make things easier, not only today, but over the holiday season, we’ll deliver a few, shall we say, “guides” to our favorite goods from 2011. While not all of them may be as accessible as a click online, they all will make for proper smiles on those gifted.

We start it off with our favorite coffee table books from 2011. We cover it all from art, photography, fashion, architecture, design, and even some surprises.

Click in for a look at our favorite coffee table books for the holiday season.