Guinea-BissauAfrica
my city isBissau
A broad estuary, a small old port by the water, and flat land all around.
11.8613° N 15.5831° W
Neighbourhoods
- Chão de Papel
- Bandim
- Alto Crim
- Bairro Militar
- Reino
- Bélem
- Missra
- Mindara
- Quelêle
- Cuntum Madina
- Brá
- Bairro de Ajuda
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Bissau
24 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Bissau, in our lines
Our lines, made for Bissau: on a print, a tee, a hoodie or a mug.
In words
Bissau, in its own words
From Bissau's own names, set in the city's type: its neighbourhoods, the sentence and its name built big. Each one a print you can make yours.
About Bissau
Flat ground running down to a wide river mouth, a small port at the water's edge, and the old centre close behind it. Bissau is Guinea-Bissau's capital, an estuary town that began as a trading post.
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Bissau in maps and words, to keep
01 · 10 maps
Down to the Geba
Bissau's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
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02 · 6 designs
Twelve of its neighbourhoods
Bissau in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Avenida 3 de Agosto runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
Every which way
Bissau, 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
The day it started
The day that made Bissau yours, set like an invitation and signed with its coordinates, 11.861° N, 15.583° W. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Carry it with you
Bissau on crewnecks, tees, hoodies and stickers, made for you.
Ways in
Start from a moment in Bissau.
Each one has the words, a pin, a date and a style already in place for Bissau. Open it, then make every part yours.