Cape VerdeAfrica
my city isPraia
A flat-topped old centre, a natural harbour below, and valleys to the beach.
14.9330° N 23.5133° W
Neighbourhoods
- Platô
- Várzea
- Chã d’Areia
- Achada Grande Frente
- Achadinha de Baixo
- Ponta d'Agua
- Vila Nova
- Tira Chapéu
- Calabaceira
- Craveiro Lopes
- Terra Branca
- Eugenio Lima
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Praia
24 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Praia, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Praia. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Praia, in its own words
From Praia'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 Praia
Streets packed onto a high flat shelf, ravines cut deep on either side, and a beach and harbour just below. Praia is Cape Verde's capital, on the southern coast of Santiago.
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Praia, drawn and spelled out
01 · 10 maps
The whole of it
Praia's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
02 · 7 designs
Twelve neighbourhoods, one by one
Praia in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Avenida Padre Pimenta runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
Every which way
Praia, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. There's no grid: its streets run every which way.
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04 · 7 date designs
Since the day
A day in Praia, set like an invitation and signed 14.933° N, 23.513° W: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Off the wall
For Platô, Várzea, Chã d’Areia and the rest of Praia: hoodies, tees, crewnecks and stickers, made for you.
- TeeThe Sentence tee, on white
- Hoodie, left chestCoordinates hoodieField notes
- Crest tee
- Stack crewneckIndex
- The Sentence crewneck
- The Chart teeSun Path
- Coordinates hoodie
- Hoodie, left chestThe Sky hoodieConstellation
- Marquee stickers
- Crewneck, left chestThe Field crewneckGrain
- The Sentence tee
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
- Crest crewneck
- Line Map crewneckField notes
- 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 Praia. 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.
