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my city isChennai
A long straight beach, flat ground behind it, and two rivers out to the sea.
13.0827° N 80.2707° E
Neighbourhoods
- George Town
- Egmore
- Triplicane
- Chepauk
- Royapettah
- Nungambakkam
- Gopalapuram
- Kilpauk
- Vepery
- Purasawalkam
- Chintadripet
- Royapuram
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Chennai
24 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Chennai, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Chennai. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Chennai, in so many words
From Chennai's own names, set in its own type: its neighbourhoods, its streets from A to Z and the sentence. Each one a print you can make yours.
About Chennai
A long straight beach facing the Bay of Bengal, flat coastal land running inland from it, and two small rivers winding through the city to the sea. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, on India's eastern shore.
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Chennai, ready to hang and wear
01 · 10 maps
The map
Chennai's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
02 · 6 designs
13° north, to the degree
Chennai, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Most of its streets run on a grid turned about 10° off north.
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03 · 7 designs
Every street, named
Chennai in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Anna Salai (Mount Road) runs longest through the middle of town.
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04 · 7 date designs
Signed and dated
Signed 13.083° N, 80.271° E and set like an invitation: the day you arrived in Chennai, married there or moved away. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
For every day
For George Town, Egmore, Triplicane and the rest of Chennai: tees, hoodies, crewnecks and stickers, made for you.
- HoodieCoordinates hoodie, on white
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
- Crest tee
- Hoodie, left chestCoordinates hoodieField notes
- The Sentence crewneck
- Stack crewneckIndex
- Coordinates hoodie
- The Chart teeSun Path
- Marquee stickers
- Hoodie, left chestThe Sky hoodieConstellation
- The Sentence tee
- Crewneck, left chestThe Field crewneckGrain
- Crest crewneck
- Words: the one I left hoodieSignal
- Stack hoodie
Ways in
Start from the moment. It opens set up.
Each one has the words, a pin, a date and a style already in place for Chennai. Open it, then make every part yours.
New home
The front door
A pin on home, the year you moved in and a welcome under the map.
Moving away
Our corner
The city at night, a pin where everyone used to meet and a line to take with you.
Where we met
The corner
Two inks, a heart on the spot and your names under the map.
Wedding
The stamp
“Married”, the date and your names in a ring of the place and its coordinates.
