SomaliaAfrica
my city isMogadishu
Old quarters close to the shore, sand inland, and the Indian Ocean out front.
2.0469° N 45.3182° E
Neighbourhoods
- Xamar Weyne
- Shingaani
- Hamar Jajab
- Bondhere
- Waberi
- Hodan
- Wardhiigley
- Yaqshid
- Shibis
- Abdiaziz
- Karan
- Wadajir
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Mogadishu
21 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Mogadishu, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Mogadishu. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Mogadishu, in its own words
From Mogadishu'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 Mogadishu
Old narrow quarters packed close to the shore, newer districts spreading back over the sand, and the Indian Ocean along the whole front of the city. Mogadishu is Somalia's capital, known to many who live there as Xamar.
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Mogadishu, drawn and spelled out
01 · 10 maps
Every street
Mogadishu's street grid, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
02 · 5 designs
A grid turned 20°
Mogadishu, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Most of its streets run on a grid turned about 20° off north.
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03 · 7 designs
All twelve neighbourhoods
Mogadishu in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Wadnaha Road runs longest through the middle of town.
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04 · 7 date designs
Since the day
Signed 2.047° N, 45.318° E and set like an invitation: the day you arrived in Mogadishu, married there or moved away. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
For every day
For Xamar Weyne, Shingaani, Hamar Jajab and the rest of Mogadishu: tees, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- TeeThe Chart tee, on white
- The Chart teeSun Path
- Crest tee
- Hoodie, left chestThe Sky hoodieConstellation
- The Sentence crewneck
- Crewneck, left chestThe Field crewneckGrain
- Coordinates hoodie
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
Crest mug- Hoodie, left chestCoordinates hoodieField notes
- Marquee stickers
- Stack crewneckIndex
- The Sentence tee
- Hoodie, left chestThree Arcs hoodieSun Path
- 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 Mogadishu. 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.
