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Kubista

Located on the ground floor of the superior Cubist House at the Black Madonna in the center of Prague is the Kubista design shop. This shop is not only wonderful in the fact that it is located in one of the most famous Cubist structures in the world, but also because the shop offers unique Czech Cubist and Art Deco meticulously restored originals and replicas of furniture, décor, ceramics, and jewelry. Kubista was opened in 2002 and has quickly become popular with local and international clients alike. What better place to purchase a souvenir than at Kubista? After browsing around and

Modernista

For over 16 years, Modernista has been a synonym for avant-garde Czech design and applied arts. The company was founded in 1999, originally as an online store with restored original furniture pieces from the 1930's. The company soon gained an excellent reputation and is now regularly featured in Czech and international design and housing magazines. The selection offered in the Modernista design shop is varied and wide with Czech Cubist ceramics (reproductions from their Cubist Collection), Modernist furniture, design lighting, jewelry, china, and glass, contemporary design and design books.

Manufaktura

Established in 1991 Manufaktura, a popular gift shop chain selling a variety of handmade Czech goods, is a 100% Czech company, and is famous for selling traditional handmade wooden toys and folk art plus a wide variety of natural cosmetics and soaps inspired by balneology and made from natural Czech ingredients such as Czech beer, Moravian wine, Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) thermal salts, Dead Sea salt, curative herbs, and more. Manufaktura was created with the idea of protecting traditional Czech and Moravian village folk art by making it more readily accessible for the general public, especially

Studio Pirsc Porcelain

Founded in Mikulov in 2005 by Daniel Pirsc, Studio Pirsc Porcelain is one of the leading studios in the world of porcelain design and production in the Czech Republic and abroad. Pirsc’s porcelain is successful due to its high quality and original design - which is nothing short of whimsical. One of the most intriguing porcelain products created and produced by Studio Pirsc is the original 3D Wallpaper. This porcelain wallpaper that comes in a variety of different design shapes including birds, raindrops, airplanes, crosses, ovals, roses, etc., takes simplicity to a new design level with

Chatty

Launched in 2005, Chatty is a fashion company started by Czech fashion designers Anna Tušková and Radka Sirková. This fashion-forward compnany has had the opportunity to work with Vodafone, Marlboro, Toyota, Kentoya, L’Oreal, Altoids, and Elite – just to name a few well-known companies that utilize Chatty’s fashionable look. The label Chatty specializes in ready-to-wear street fashion that uses quality denim material for maximum comfort, while the Chatty studio focuses on small, exclusive and avant-garde collections and on custom tailoring. The talent and artistry that makes

Terry Posters

Located inside of the hip Svetozor art house cinema complex is Terryho Ponozky or Terry Posters. The store specializes in everything dealing with movies including vintage Czechoslovak movie posters from the 1930s-1989 (The extensive vintage collection boasts 8,000 original graphic posters of genres such as animation, sci-fi, westerns, spy films, war films and more). The perfect store for film buffs, Terrys Posters also features fiction on movies, international, Czech and Slovakian DVDS, clothes and poster exhibitions as well. Poster exhibitions are held in the main lobby of the Svetozor

Jitona

Jitona, Inc. is a famous and successful Czech manufacturer of high quality design furniture, which is successfully exported to many European countries. Jitona's premium quality has a long tradition that dates back to the First Czechoslovak Republic. Jitona specializes in bedroom, living room and dining room furniture. All of Jitona’s high quality pieces are made from solid wood and feature either a traditional rustic or fresh contemporary design. All of the furniture pieces from Jitona's catalogue are produced in their four factories in the Czech Republic. It is possible to buy Jito