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my city isDar es Salaam
A narrow harbour mouth, a shore close across it, and a long low coast north.
6.8161° S 39.2804° E
Neighbourhoods
- Msasani
- Mikocheni
- Kijitonyama
- Sinza
- Mwananyamala
- Makumbusho
- Mwenge
- Kawe
- Ubungo
- Tabata
- Buguruni
- Mabibo
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Dar es Salaam
23 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Dar es Salaam, in our lines
Our own lines, set for Dar es Salaam. Each one comes on what you wear and what you hang.
Constellation
Every neighbourhood a star, joined nearest to nearest.
In words
Dar es Salaam, word for word
From Dar es Salaam'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 Dar es Salaam
A harbour tucked in behind a narrow entrance, the far shore close enough to see across, and beaches and headlands running north along the coast. Dar es Salaam sits on the Swahili coast, its name meaning Abode of Peace.
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Dar es Salaam, by the street and by the letter
01 · 10 maps
Down to the harbour
Dar es Salaam's streets and the harbour, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
The coast leads; streets whisper.
02 · 7 designs
Street by street
Dar es Salaam in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Nelson Mandela Road runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 5 designs
At 7° south
Dar es Salaam, 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
Make a day of it
A day in Dar es Salaam, set like an invitation and signed 6.816° S, 39.280° E: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
For every day
For Msasani, Mikocheni, Kijitonyama and the rest of Dar es Salaam: crewnecks, tees, hoodies, mugs and stickers, made for you.
- HoodieCoordinates hoodie, 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 Dar es Salaam. 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.
