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Gift Guide 2012: What To Buy Your Hippest Friend (SLIDESHOW)

What To Buy Your Hippest Friend This Christmas
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The most wonderful time of the year is coming up, and with it all that un-wonderful pressure about finding the perfect gift. Lucky you, we've put together a comprehensive rundown of the presents that'll make even your hippest, been-there-done-that loved one squeal in joy. Scroll through the slideshow below for The Huffington Post's picks for the best in books, music, and other rad conversation starters.

Gifts For The Culture Vulture
R. Crumb: Sketchbooks 1982-2011, $1,000(01 of06)
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The underground comic and gifted dirty old man handpicks his finest unsavory doodles. At taschen.com. (credit: John Kuczala)
Gustav Klimt: The Complete Paintings, $200(02 of06)
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For Klimt's 150th birthday, check out the intoxicating complete collection from the artist who famously noted, “all art is erotic.” At taschen.com. (credit:John Kuczala)
Modern Architecture Game, $78(03 of06)
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Put your favorite art fan's inner modernist to the test with the architect's board game of choice. At nbm.org. (credit:John Kuczala)
Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend, $39.95(04 of06)
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Godard's stunning 1967 film, just released in the Criterion Collection, will make you want to ditch your bourgeois life and become a revolutionary cannibal. Almost. At amazon.com. (credit:Courtesy of Criterion Collection)
BOMB magazine subscription, $22/year for print and digital(05 of06)
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Creative people interviewing other creative people—what's not to love? At bombsite.com. (credit:John Kuczala)
Urban Outfitters Lomography Diana + Dreamer Camera, $65(06 of06)
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Help them turn their favorite gutter, bodega or fast food joint into ethereal eye candy with the click of a hipster camera button. At urbanoutfitters.com. (credit:John Kuczala)

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