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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
Our own lines, set for Porto-Novo. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Porto-Novo, set in type
From Porto-Novo's own names, set in its own 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 spelled out
01 · 9 maps
The whole of it
Porto-Novo's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its roads.
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02 · 6 designs
6° north, measured
Porto-Novo, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Its days run from 11½ to 12½ hours of light.
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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
Make a day of it
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
For Ouando, Tokpota, Avassa and the rest of Porto-Novo: hoodies, tees, crewnecks, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- CrewneckLine Map crewneck, 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
Crest mug- Crewneck, left chestThe Field crewneckGrain
- Marquee stickers
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
- The Sentence tee
- Line Map crewneckField notes
- Crest crewneck
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 Porto-Novo. 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.
