Ferkai András: Shopfronts - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1996)

The Pink Püssycats bar at 58 Wesselényi utca, VII

finding of historical value. The new parts he added also seem dissonant: a wooden door with a barred fan-light resembling the entrance to a home; next to it, a shop window leans forward with a frame made of stainless steel plates; and there is also a sign and base, both made of aluminium plates with brushwork covering imitating drawings. These elements evocative of disparate associations appear to be randomly put together, but in reality their interconnections have been very carefully designed - in the last analysis, they undeniably constitute a shopfront, although not in the usual stereotypical way. All that indicates that this office is a travel agency is a poster in the window and an illuminated globe, hanging from the sign (the globe was actually stolen a few days after the agency opened).

Another young interior designer Tibor Máté planned the “Rózsaszín Cicák” bar (Pink Pussycats) at 58 Wesselényi

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