{"product_id":"ecuador-e222-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"Ecuador E222 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEcuador E222 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes the form of a road sign from Ecuador, a plain, direct piece of graphic work built around one subject: the country itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is stripped back. The sign format sets the frame, and the Ecuador theme is the only thing the eye is asked to follow. Nothing competes for attention, so the sign reads as a single, clear image rather than a busy scene. Its geographic character comes through in the way the sign announces a place, a route and a direction in one glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoad signs exist to tell people where they are and where they are going. Ecuador's sign here carries that job into a personal object, pointing to a country that spans the Andes and the Equator. Ecuador is the name that anchors the piece, and the sign format makes it a marker of place rather than a decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTurned in the Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held and turned, so the sign is never seen all at once. It appears as you rotate the cup during a morning coffee, and the reveal of the design as a hot drink is poured in gives the sign a second moment of arrival. For a traveller's keepsake or a gift for someone who has been to Ecuador, the sign becomes a small waypoint that returns each time the mug is lifted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53175501193496,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CDRE22-11OZ-4","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/ecuador-e222-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz-GMY-MUG-CDRE22-11OZ-4-front.webp?v=1794070375","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/ecuador-e222-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}