Guinea-BissauAfrica
my city isBissau
A broad estuary, a small old port by the water, and flat land all around.
11.8613° N 15.5831° W
Neighbourhoods
- Chão de Papel
- Bandim
- Alto Crim
- Bairro Militar
- Reino
- Bélem
- Missra
- Mindara
- Quelêle
- Cuntum Madina
- Brá
- Bairro de Ajuda
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Bissau
24 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Bissau, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Bissau. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Bissau, in its own words
From Bissau'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 Bissau
Flat ground running down to a wide river mouth, a small port at the water's edge, and the old centre close behind it. Bissau is Guinea-Bissau's capital, an estuary town that began as a trading post.
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Bissau, for the wall and the wardrobe
01 · 10 maps
Down to the Geba
Bissau's streets, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
02 · 6 designs
All twelve neighbourhoods
Bissau in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Avenida 3 de Agosto runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
Every which way
Bissau, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. There's no grid: its streets run every which way.
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04 · 7 date designs
Since the day
The day that made Bissau yours, set like an invitation and signed with its coordinates, 11.861° N, 15.583° W. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Carry it with you
For Chão de Papel, Bandim, Alto Crim and the rest of Bissau: crewnecks, tees, hoodies, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- CrewneckThe Chart crewneck, on white
- Crewneck, left chestThe Sentence crewneckSignal
- Crest tee
- Tee, left chestCoordinates teeField notes
- The Sentence crewneck
- Stack hoodieIndex
- Coordinates hoodie
- The Chart crewneckSun Path
Crest mug- Tee, left chestThe Sky teeConstellation
- Marquee stickers
- Words: the one I left teeSignal
- The Sentence tee
- Line Map hoodieField 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 Bissau. 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.
