The Myers-Briggs-Inspired Holiday Gift Guide

This holiday, how about selecting those special gifts according to your loved ones' personality types? Inspired by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the questionnaire designed to assess psychological preferences in how people perceive and experience the world, this fun guide is organized by the four dichotomies central to the theory.

Under each dichotomy, we've selected items we believe correspond to the various preferences. Read more about the theory here. Don't know the recipient well enough? There's always... the gift of choice. 

1. INNER & OUTER WORLD

EXTRAVERSION (E) 

• Outer world - Excited around people; enjoys being the centre of attention
• Receives energy from active involvement in events

1: Illesteva Leonard Matte Dark Horn with Silver Mirror Sunglasses | 2: Illesteva Milan 6 White Tortoise with Silver Mirror Sunglasses | 3: Dear Hancock Gift Circle Holiday Card | 4: John and Pearl Maile White Turquoise Gold Necklace | 5: I. Ronni Kappos Translucent Blue Ellipse Cluster Earrings | 6: Sempli CUPA Lift 4 Flight Tray | 7: Sempli CUPA Ice Decanter | 8: Areaware Bracelet Flask - Turquiose Matte | 9: Sempli CUPA 4 Shot Glasses | 10: Triumph and Disaster Gameface Moisturizer Tube | 11: The Men's Soap Shop Alpha Grooming Bay Rum Set | 12: Poketo Font Family Bold Notebook | 13: The Men's Soap Sandalwood Aftershave in a Flask

INTROVERSION (I)

• Inner world - Energy from within; dealing with ideas, images, memories, reactions inside one's head
• Introspective, prefers solitude or activities with a few number of people

1: Nicole Aquillano Ceramics Home Trinket Dish | 2: The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes | 3: Paladone Moonlight Lamp | 4: Ashkahn Tis the Season to Be Stressed Letterpress Holiday Card | 5: Fringe Satomi Pollen Jasmine Lime Triple Milled Soap | 6: Fringe Satomi Allium Currant & Cassis Triple Milled Soap | 7: Bindewerk PURIST 12x16.5cm notebook | 8: Tutti Frutti Double-Sided Pencils | 9: Secret Tokyo Color Your Way to Calm

2. INFORMATION 

SENSING (S) 

• Concerned with facts, physical reality, present, actual 
• Pragmatic; Prefers ideas that have practical applications

1: Molla Space Large Cork Notebook | 2: Boxcar Planter Set Walnut Robin Egg Blue | 3: Sugarcube Press Happy Plaid Holiday Card | 4: Brick | 5: Albertine Press Bright Ideas Set of 3 Notebooks | 6: Kennedy Magazine Issue 3 | 7: Nicole Aquillano Ceramics Northern Ave Bridge Tiny Long Dish | 8: Have a Little Pun | 9: Komono Wizard Heritage Black White Watch | 10: Batle Studio Classic Graphite Object Classic Drawing Hand

INTUITION (N)

• Enjoys ideas and concepts as well as working with symbols or abstract theories 
• Imaginative, seeks possibilities of how things could be

1: JUMA Socks Striped Tribal Print | 2: JUMA Socks Geometric Lights Print | 3: Ashkahn Candy Cane Letterpress Holiday Card | 4: Axiom Kaffir Lime & Saffron Tin Candle | 5: Art Book: New Edition | 6: Axiom Coastal Driftwood Tin Candle | 7: Axiom Cardamom Rose Tin Candle | 8: Walls Notebook | 9: Reclaimed Branch Set of Colour Pencils | 10: Axiom Sequoia Embers Tin Candle

3. DECISIONS

THINKING (T)

• Values fairness, puts weight on objective principles and impersonal facts 
• Looks for logical explanations or solutions 

1: Paper Jam Press Word is Bond Letterpress Poster | 2: Wyatt Little Oil Slick Ceramic Wall Hat | 3: Balvi Robot Tea Time Infuser | 4: Who Built That? Skyscrapers | 5: Wyatt Little Pearl Ceramic Wall Hat | 6: The Design Book | 7: Pico Design Large Tear Drop Earrings | 8: Phaidon Atlas OF 21ST Century World Architecture: Travel Edition | 9: Batle Studio Classic Graphite Object Quill | 10: Bindewerk PURIST 9x13cm Notebook

FEELING (F)

• Values harmony, tact, compassion 
• Bases decisions on personal values and how actions affect others

1: Q & A a Day for Moms | 2: I Wish You More | 3: Vegetabowl Red Delicious Apple Cup | 4: Fringe Bless Your Heart Violet Clove Triple Milled Soap | 5: Tea Forte Pugg Teapot Cherry Blossoms | 6: Love Haikubes | 7: Oblation Papers & Press Memoir Lined Notebook | 8: Fringe Friendship Esprit Triple Milled Soap | 9: Night Owl Paper Goods Penguin Wooden Ornament Card | 10: Penguins with People Problems | 11: Perfetto Pencils

4. STRUCTURE

JUDGING (J)

• Prefers a planned, orderly way of life
• Task oriented, likes to have things settled and organized

1. Block Design Sketch Desk Tidy - Black | 2: Pattern Click Pen - Yellow Clouds | 3: Pattern Click Pen - Grey Dots | 4: Pattern Click Pen - Yellow Stripes | 5: Pattern Click Pen - Black Checkered | 6: Pattern Click Pen - Red Stripe | 7: In House Desktop Storage - Black | 8: Block Design Perpetual Calendar - Orange | 9: Gingko Rechargable White LED Brick Beech Click Clock | 10: Stick Up Weekly Calendar | 11: The Art of Clean Up | 12: Flakes Paperie Mix Tape Holiday Card | 13: Small Monthly Planner | 14: Sapling Press Shit To Do Notepad | 15: Artori Design Pencil End Cup

PERCEIVING (P)

• Prefers a flexible and spontaneous way of life
• Interested in understanding and adapting to the world 

1: Triumph & Disaster On the Road | 2: A Map of the World | 3: Nicole Aquillano Ceramics Bike Trinket Dish | 4: Illesteva Delon Gold with Brown Gradient Sunglasses | 5: I. Ronni Kappos Gold Bull Head Gold Pendant Necklace | 6: Fishs Eddy Airline Ticket Tray | 7: Dear Hancock Season's Greeting Ski Bunny Holiday Card | 8: Dynomighty Stamped Passport Cover | 9: Etiquette Clothiers Roppongi Twisted Green Socks | 10: CPlay Travel Journal | 11: Mine Design Summer Nautical Travel Tin Soy Candle: Coconut | 12: Swedish Dream Sea Salt Soap | 13: Swedish Dream Seaweed Soap

 Also, be sure to check out The OBSESSIONS Gift Guide.