Following the success of the original Bolt store on Kertesz u., Zita Majoros' new place Printa offers a much broader version and vision with partner and designer Claudia Martin, as well as award-winning barrista Tibor Varady. This place is perfect for the artsy-fartsy, fashion and design sets, but also for those looking for environmentally-conscious and very cool gifts. Besides their own collections, the owners also stock collections from a number of designers utilising recycled materials. Just a few include handbags from old car seatbelts and tossed leather jackets; seats from washing machine tumblers (one of my favorite ideas); melted, flattened glass bottles are now ash trays and bowls. There are also hanging lamps: the form is there with clips - you crush your own plastic bottles and clip them onto the lamp frame to make the lampshade. Some others include:
Re-silicone: bracelets and hair clips from recycled silicon waste
Anna Mihalffy: buttons from discarded clock inards, and rings from old computer keyboard keys
Plastenka: bags, bike saddle bags, and wallets from waste food packaging

Recyclemission: focuses on the reuse of bicycle parts as very cool and useful items such as earrings, incense holders from rims, candleholders and beer openers from gears, keyrings, tables...

Bottleboy: Clips to the wall, you crush PET bottles and insert the neck into the forms for coat racks

Barista and activist Tibor Varady has good Coffee Collective direct trade coffee on tap. "Direct trade coffee" differs from Fair Trade in that premiums tend to be higher for the farmers, and individual farmers and not just collectives may be approved for Direct Trade status. However, Direct Trade does not have any certification body ensuring the ethical standards are upheld.

There is a big silk screen studio in the back, and I picked up a silk screen print of Zita's 7th District poster.