{"product_id":"china-county-road-x197-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"China County Road X197 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChina County Road X197 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes a single route marker and gives it the whole field: the designation X197, set in bold black characters on a white rounded badge, is the entire subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is flat and vector-clean, built from two colours only. White fills most of the picture, roughly nine parts in ten, and black carries the rest through the route number and its outline. The rounded rectangle sits centred, with the alphanumeric marker \u003cstrong\u003eX197\u003c\/strong\u003e filling it with plenty of margin on every side. Nothing competes with the numerals. The layout reads at a glance, the way a road sign has to when a driver passes it at speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route designation is a quiet kind of identity. X197 is the name a county gives a road so that travellers, drivers and local people can find their way, and the design honours that function by presenting the marker as the landmark. It stands for transit, for the infrastructure that links one place to another, and for the regional geography of China County, where the road is a working part of daily life. The design is modern in its style and concerned with the practical language of signage rather than scenery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Suits This Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned in the hand, so the badge rotates as you drink, and the X197 appears and disappears with each sip. Because the route number is set so cleanly, it keeps its shape whichever way the mug faces. For anyone who has ever followed a road sign into a town they had never visited, this is a neat way to keep that small moment of orientation close at hand every morning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53244469969176,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FP0P-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53244470001944,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-15OZ-900","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/china-county-road-x197-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FP0P-2-front.webp?v=1794298396","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/china-county-road-x197-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}