{"product_id":"china-county-road-x728-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"China County Road X728 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChina County Road X728 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a single road identifier, X728, set inside a rounded outline and presented the way a county sign presents a route.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is flat and minimal, built from black and white alone. White covers most of the field, and black carries the lettering and the rounded-rectangle frame that encloses the code. Nothing competes with the designation. The alphanumeric X728 sits centred and dominates the layout, with the frame giving it a clean, bounded edge. The result has the plain clarity of wayfinding signage, where the job is to be read at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route marker exists to tell a traveller where they are. Here the code stands for a specific stretch of road in the China area, named in the design itself, and the artwork treats that identifier as the whole story. Geography, transit and local identity are carried by one short string of characters and a border. It is a record of a single regional marker, reduced to its essentials and presented without decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRounding Out the Black Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned in the hand as it is drunk from, so the design is read in passing rather than all at once. The rounded frame follows the curve of the body, and the code rotates into view as the mug moves, much like a sign glimpsed from a passing car. The black field of the mug and the black linework of the frame belong together, so the route marker reads as part of the object rather than a sticker placed on it. It is a quiet, cheeky reminder of the road you are on, one sip at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53247053660440,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FOHZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53247053693208,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-15OZ-231","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/china-county-road-x728-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FOHZ-2-front.webp?v=1794328591","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/china-county-road-x728-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}