Hawaiian Pidgin — properly Hawaii Creole English — grew out of the sugar plantations of the 19th century, where Hawaiian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Filipino workers needed a shared language. Ainokea is one of its best-known phrases, a run-together of I no care, and on the islands it is worn with a shrug rather than an attitude.
The hibiscus
The flower replacing the O is a hibiscus, the state flower of Hawaii, cut with five broad petals and the long central stamen picked out. It is the detail that keeps the design local rather than generic, and it is the part that decides how small the decal can go — below about 12cm the stamen closes up against the petals.
The lettering is deliberately uneven: no two capitals share a baseline weight, and the strokes swell and taper by hand rather than sitting at a constant width.
What You Get
- 2 die-cut vinyl decals per pack
- 10–55cm / 4–21in wide, custom sizes to 120cm
- 19 colour options
- Applied with transfer tape
Usual placements are a rear window, a surfboard or paddleboard, a cool box, a longboard deck, a laptop or a beach buggy panel.
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Reference17-003124
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Sticker typeDie cut