If you're looking for unique treasures to take home from your trip to Budapest, but dread the thought of cluttering your home with the standard cheap fridge magnets and tacky gift shop knick knacks, Rododendron might be the treasure chest for your holiday souvenir shopping.

Despite being a only a few minutes' walk from Deak Ferenc Metro and the main shopping streets, this tiny design shop is hard to stumble across without being in the know first. The store is hidden away at the end of a shabby, cobbled alley, behind a row of several other small cafes and boutiques. However, enter the store and the skepticism of its unremarkable exterior is quickly upstaged by the vibrancy of the art found within.

Every inch of the interior proudly displays the alternative urban designs of unsung local artists, printed onto an assortment of gift items, including notebooks, t-shirts and jewellery. Most of the prints use significant buildings in Budapest as a focal point for inspiration, as many gift shops would do, but the artists at Rododendron take the typical gift item and incorporate modern urban print traditions by keeping the artistry minimal through digital sketching, yet experimenting with layered colours and warped shapes.

Rododendron offers a modern piece of Budapest's up-and-coming creatives, so drop in and pick up a cute A4 notebook wrapped in a locally designed urban print, or send a loved one a postcard that would be too special to just be tossed onto the standard mail pile without a second thought.

Rododendron Art & Design Shop

Semmelweis utca 19, 1052 Budapest