BeninAfrica
my city isPorto-Novo
Water along the southern edge, low flat land, and the open sea just beyond.
6.4969° N 2.6283° E
Neighbourhoods
- Ouando
- Tokpota
- Avassa
- Dowa
- Djassin-Daho
- Djègan-Kpèvi
- Hounsa-Assiogbossa
- Gbodjè
- Gbedji
- Kpokbonmè
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Porto-Novo
24 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Porto-Novo, in our lines
Each of our lines, drawn again for Porto-Novo, for a wall or for a chest.
In words
Porto-Novo, set in type
From Porto-Novo'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 Porto-Novo
A lagoon along the southern edge, low land running down to meet it, and the open Gulf only a short way past. Porto-Novo is Benin's official capital, a quiet port town on a sheltered inlet.
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Porto-Novo, drawn and written out
01 · 9 maps
Every street
Porto-Novo's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its roads.
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02 · 6 designs
By the numbers
Porto-Novo, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Accra is 330 km away, as the crow flies.
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03 · 5 designs
Ten neighbourhoods, one by one
Porto-Novo in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big.
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04 · 7 date designs
Keep the date
A day in Porto-Novo, set like an invitation and signed 6.497° N, 2.628° E: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Carry it with you
Porto-Novo on hoodies, tees, crewnecks and stickers, made for you.
Ways in
A day in Porto-Novo, set up to keep.
Each one has the words, a pin, a date and a style already in place for Porto-Novo. Open it, then make every part yours.