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my city isXi'an
A rectangular city wall, a grid inside it, and a wide flat plain all round.
34.2610° N 108.9423° E
Neighbourhoods
- Beiyuanmen
- Nanyuanmen
- Zhongshanmen
- Jiefangmen
- Changlefang
- Beiguan
- Hancheng
- Hongmiaopo
- Xinjiamiao
- Hujiamiao
- Zhangjiabu
- Tanjia
西安市
西安市Xi'an
Xi'an, in Chinese: three characters, from 西 to 市.
In words
Xi'an, in its own words
From Xi'an's own names, set in the city's type: the name it calls itself, its neighbourhoods and its streets from A to Z. Each one a print you can make yours.
The lines
Xi'an, in our lines
Each of our lines, drawn again for Xi'an, for a wall or for a chest.
About Xi'an
A rectangle of old wall and moat at the centre, a grid of straight streets inside it, and the city spreading out evenly across the plain. Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi, known for much of its history as Chang'an.
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Xi'an on the wall, and on you
01 · 8 designs
Street by street
Xi'an in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. South Ring Road East Section runs longest through the middle of town.
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02 · 6 designs
North, south, east, west
Xi'an, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Most of its streets run north–south or east–west.
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03 · 10 maps
The map
Xi'an's street grid, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its roads or green.
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04 · 7 date designs
Signed and dated
Signed 34.261° N, 108.942° E and set like an invitation: the day you arrived in Xi'an, married there or moved away. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Take it with you
Xi'an on tees, hoodies, crewnecks and stickers, made for you.
Ways in
Begin with a day in Xi'an.
Each one has the words, a pin, a date and a style already in place for Xi'an. Open it, then make every part yours.