{"product_id":"br-052-jct-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"BR-052 jct (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBR-052 jct (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a stark, straightforward piece of road signage: the Brazilian highway designation BR-052, set in bold black lettering inside a shield outline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is built from just two colours, black and white, in a flat vector style. White dominates the field, roughly four-fifths of the image, with black forming the shield outline, the double-line border and the block lettering. The shield has a rounded bottom and a pointed notch at its centre, a silhouette that reads instantly as a highway marker. Above the route number sits the letters BR in heavy black type, and beneath them the numerals 052 fill the centre of the shield. Nothing competes with them; the composition is centred, symmetrical and uncluttered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBR-052 identifies a federal highway in Brazil's national road network, and the shield is the sign that guides drivers along it. The abbreviation jct points to a junction, the place where routes meet and travellers must choose a direction. That focus on crossroads gives the design its meaning: movement, navigation and the connective tissue that joins a large country together. Brazilian road signage of this kind is a familiar sight to anyone who has travelled its highways, and the design honours that everyday language of transit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Coffee Table Traveller\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a object you hold close and turn in your hands, so the shield sits in the view of whoever is lifting their morning brew, one face at a time. The centred numerals stay legible from the handle side and from across the table, and the sharp black-on-white contrast carries even at a glance over the rim. For anyone who has ever followed a sign like this one into unfamiliar country, it turns a daily ritual into a small roadside pause.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53184351764760,"sku":"GMY-MUG-BR052-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53184351797528,"sku":"GMY-MUG-BR052-15OZ-1FSJ5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/br-052-jct-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-BR052-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794206155","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/br-052-jct-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}