ChinaAsia
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: the name Xi'an goes by at home, set in its own letters and read by a native reader before it's printed.
In words
Xi'an, in its own words
From Xi'an's own names, set in its own 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
Our own lines, set for Xi'an. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
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
Along 34° north
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.
04 · 7 date designs
The day it started
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
For every day
For Beiyuanmen, Nanyuanmen, Zhongshanmen and the rest of Xi'an: tees, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- CrewneckCrest crewneck, on white
- Tee, left chestThe Sentence teeSignal
- Crest tee
- Hoodie, left chestCoordinates hoodieField notes
- The Sentence crewneck
- Crewneck, left chestOwn Script crewneckLocal tongue
- Coordinates hoodie
- Stack teeIndex
In Its Own Script mug- The Chart hoodieSun Path
- Marquee stickers
- Crewneck, left chestThe Sky crewneckConstellation
- The Sentence tee
- Words: the one I left hoodieSignal
- 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 Xi'an. 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.
