French PolynesiaOceania
my city isPapeete
A harbour on a reef-sheltered shore, with steep valleys running up behind.
17.5516° S 149.5585° W
Neighbourhoods
- Mamao
- Paofai
- Mission
- Tipaerui
- Titioro
- Fautaua
- Sainte-Amélie
- Patutoa
- Faariipiti
- Vaininiore
- Manuhoe
- Pic Rouge
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Papeete
23 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Papeete, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Papeete. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Papeete, spelled out
From Papeete'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 Papeete
A waterfront along a reef-sheltered harbour, valleys cutting steeply up into green mountains, and the town filling the narrow flat between. Papeete is the capital of French Polynesia, on the northwest coast of Tahiti.
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Papeete, ready to hang and wear
01 · 11 maps
Papeete, drawn
Papeete's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water, roads or green.
02 · 7 designs
Street by street
Papeete in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Boulevard de la Reine Pōmare IV runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
At 18° south
Papeete, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Its days run from 11 to 13 hours of light.
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04 · 7 date designs
Signed and dated
A day in Papeete, set like an invitation and signed 17.552° S, 149.559° W: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Out the door
For Mamao, Paofai, Mission and the rest of Papeete: crewnecks, tees, hoodies and stickers, made for you.
- HoodieStack hoodie, on white
- Stack crewneckIndex
- Crest tee
- The Chart teeSun Path
- The Sentence crewneck
- Hoodie, left chestThe Sky hoodieConstellation
- Coordinates hoodie
- Crewneck, left chestThe Field crewneckGrain
- Marquee stickers
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
- The Sentence tee
- Hoodie, left chestCoordinates hoodieField notes
- Crest crewneck
- Tee, left chestGazetteer teeIndex
- 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 Papeete. 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.
