Gift pick No. 28: Axo bowls from 100xbetter

By Craig Nakano

Nov. 30, 2013 4:40 PM PT

Looking for a better bowl? How about a set of them: The Axo bowls from 100xbetter are more like small trays, actually -- diamonds of walnut, ash or mahogany with some geometric appeal.

Price for a set of three Axo bowls, made by 100xbetter co-founder and designer Brendan Sowersby: just $85. Specify your choice of wood in the notes section of the checkout cart, or do what we’d do: Order three sets -- one of each wood -- then give people the bowls in mixed hues and grains.

For Sowersby, 100xbetter is just one of several projects he has going. You can check out others on his personal site.

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Craig Nakano is the assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts. He joined The Times as an assistant travel editor, later served as home editor and most recently was the fine arts editor, leading a team whose accolades included a Pulitzer Prize and an Online Journalism Award. A California native, he worked at the Desert Sun of Palm Springs and at the San Francisco Chronicle after graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He lives in Long Beach with his husband and son.