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my city isColombo
A long sea-facing strip, a lake in the middle, and the old fort by the harbour.
6.9271° N 79.8612° E
Neighbourhoods
- Fort
- Kompannaweediya
- Kollupitiya
- Bambalapitiya
- Wellawatte
- Borella
- Havelock Town
- Thimbirigasyaya
- Narahenpita
- Milagiriya
- Kirulapona
- Mattakkuliya
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Colombo
17 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Colombo, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Colombo. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Colombo, in so many words
From Colombo'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 Colombo
A straight coast road running south along the sea, a lake with arms reaching into the centre, and the port tucked behind breakwaters to the north. Colombo is Sri Lanka's commercial capital, laid along its western shore.
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Colombo, drawn and spelled out
01 · 10 maps
Out to the coast
Colombo's streets and the coast, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
The coast leads; streets whisper.
02 · 7 designs
Twelve neighbourhoods, one by one
Colombo in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Bauddhaloka Mawatha runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
7° north, measured
Colombo, 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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04 · 7 date designs
Signed and dated
A day in Colombo, set like an invitation and signed 6.927° N, 79.861° E: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
To wear and use
For Fort, Kompannaweediya, Kollupitiya and the rest of Colombo: tees, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- CrewneckCrest crewneck, 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 Colombo. 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.
