{"product_id":"china-county-road-x469-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"China County Road X469 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChina County Road X469 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes a single route marker, the alphanumeric designation X469, and makes it the entire picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is flat and minimalist, built from just two colours: black and white. A rounded-rectangle route marker outline frames the field, and the bold black characters X469 sit centred on the white ground, so the numerals dominate every other part of the picture. Nothing competes with them. The layout is orderly and easy to read at a glance, with the border and lettering arranged the way a road sign would arrange them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route marker is a promise of direction. Its job is to tell a traveller which path they are on and where it leads, and this design distils that function into the letters and numbers of one road designation. The theme is geography and transit: the way regional roads are named, coded and mapped so that people can find their way across a landscape. The subject is a regional road, and the signage language draws on the transportation and cartographic styles that shaped how such routes were identified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Coffee Table Traveller\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held in both hands and turned slowly while the coffee cools, so the marker stays in view as the cup rotates. The black field and white numerals read as a tidy band of signage each time the mug comes round to face you. It suits the person who likes a map on the wall, a road trip in the memory, or a reminder of a particular stretch of country, and the design does that quietly, one morning at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53210769424664,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FORI-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53210769457432,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-15OZ-572","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/china-county-road-x469-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FORI-2-front.webp?v=1794270004","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/china-county-road-x469-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}