808 Urban

08/21/2026

Language carries more than words — it carries the way our kūpuna saw, understood, and described the world around them.

Our WAIHOʻOLUʻU Penikala collection was created as another way for 808 Urban to connect art, culture, and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Each of the 12 colored pencils introduces a Hawaiian color name, encouraging keiki, artists, and ʻohana to create while becoming more familiar with the language of our ʻāina.

Because when we create with these colors, we’re also learning the names our kūpuna used to speak about the colors they saw around them.

Create. Learn. Connect.

Find WAIHOʻOLUʻU Penikala at the Made in Hawaiʻi Festival
📍 Hawaiʻi Convention Center
3rd Floor • Kauaʻi Room • Booth 3205

05/02/2026

A new forever lei maile now lives on the Waiʻanae Intermediate School stage inside the cafeteria. A simple offering of aloha for the keiki and community who gather here. 🌿

E ka maile lau liʻiliʻi o Koʻiahi,
Nā wai e honi hoʻomaū i kou ʻala?

O small-leaved maile of Koʻiahi,
Who will continue to breathe in your fragrance?

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, dated June 30, 1877, page 4.

04/28/2026

Check out our freshest new mural!

04/28/2026

Leʻa Ke Kau ʻAi
The time for food is pleasing.

Our newest mural inside Waiʻanae Intermediate School cafeteria wraps the walls with color, memory, and nourishment. Through this artwork, we honor the foods, tools, and ʻike of our kūpuna, the ways they gathered, prepared, and sustained life from mauka to makai.

From ʻulu, kalo, limu, ʻopihi, ʻōpae, and ʻolena to ʻupena, mākau, hīna’i, loʻi, loko iʻa, and more, each image carries a story of abundance, ingenuity, and connection to ʻāina.

This mural is an offering for every haumāna who walks into this space, a reminder that food feeds more than the ʻōpū. It feeds the maka, the naʻau, the mind, and the spirit.

Mahalo nui loa to Waiʻanae Intermediate School for trusting us with this wall and allowing us to create something that will continue to nourish the eyes, hearts, and future generations of this community.

Until the next one,
Leʻa ke kau ʻai.

04/28/2026

No saan mo nga ammo a taliawen ti naggapuam saan ka a makadanon ti papanam.

“You’ll never get to where you’re going if you don’t know where you’re from,” is an Ilocano saying found on a mural series on the campus of Lānaʻi High & Elementary School depicting the struggles and victories of Lānaʻi pineapple plantation workers.

It is a reminder to students to honor their roots as they forge bright futures.

Readmore by clicking link: https://hawaiipublicschools.org/2026-mural-moʻolelo-lanaʻi-high-elementary/

09/15/2025

🎨 The beginnings of the Waimea Mural Project are taking shape!

Yesterday, we were honored to welcome 808 Urban’s John Hina alongside our beloved kūpuna Aunty Gracie Acain (Makuaʻole), Aunty Roberta “Mamo” Kaohi (Kaukani), and Aunty Gracieʻs son, Dom Acain.

They shared moʻolelo of life growing up in Waimea — stories that will help inspire some of the vision and mana behind the mural. 🌺✨

This project is about more than paint on a wall… it’s about honoring our kūpuna, preserving moʻolelo, and uplifting the spirit of Waimea for generations to come. 💜

08/30/2025

08/30/2025

Interwoven lei of Moloka’i mo’olelo(stories). Ho’omaika’i Kalae Tangonan and ‘Ohana. Mahalo for letting us (808 Urban) be apart on this amazing journey. After years of manifesting.. it is now complete!