{"product_id":"china-county-road-x788-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"China County Road X788 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eChina County Road X788 (China) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design reproduces the route designation for China County Road X788 as a bold, stripped-back road sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite dominates the layout, taking up most of the surface, with black used sparingly. The characters X, 7, 8 and 8 sit in black inside a rounded-rectangle border, set on a horizontal plate shape. Nothing competes with the code: there is no decoration, no background scene, just the designation itself rendered in clean flat vector forms. The result reads at a glance, the way a navigational marker is meant to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route marker is a promise that somewhere ahead is a place you can reach. The alphanumeric code identifies one thread in a wider network of roads that link towns and districts, and the sign's plainness is the point: clarity and identification come before everything else. The design honours that network of roads and the regional travel it makes possible, turning an everyday piece of civil infrastructure into a small emblem of movement and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Sign into a Keepsake\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held in the hand and turned slowly as it empties, so the sign is seen in fragments: the border on one side, the characters coming round to face you, the plate running across the curve. Each sip brings the route back into view. It makes a thoughtful gift for anyone who measures their life in miles, or who has a favourite stretch of road they always mean to drive again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53246671159576,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FOJO-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53246671192344,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-15OZ-291","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/china-county-road-x788-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-CHNCNT-11OZ-1FOJO-2-front.webp?v=1794324958","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/china-county-road-x788-china-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}