{"product_id":"ecuador-e422-ecuador-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","title":"Ecuador E422 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEcuador E422 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEcuador E422 is a graphic built around a road sign, and its subject is the country of Ecuador, stated plainly and without decoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe design is organised around one clear motif, the road sign, which is the single element the eye settles on. Nothing competes with it. The composition is direct and uncluttered, so the sign reads at a glance rather than rewarding a long look. Its focused scope is the point: the artwork keeps to one idea and lets that idea carry the whole image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is a small piece of national infrastructure. It tells travellers where they are, which way they are headed, and how the country organises its routes, so it speaks to geography and to the everyday shape of a nation. The design's themes are Ecuador, geography and national identity, and the road sign is the image chosen to hold all three. It turns a country into something you can recognise from the side of a road, which is a quietly effective way to say where you are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Mug in Your Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is turned in the hand as it is drunk from, so a design on it is seen in pieces, rotating with every sip. A single road-sign motif suits that movement: wherever the mug is turned, the sign comes back into view, and the image stays legible from the handle side as much as the front. It is a good companion for a slow first coffee, and a gentle reminder of the road that leads somewhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53173981085976,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CDRE42-11OZ-1FHQS","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53173981118744,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CDRE42-15OZ-1FHQS","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/ecuador-e422-ecuador-road-sign-white-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-CDRE42-11OZ-1FHQS-front.webp?v=1794053590","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/ecuador-e422-ecuador-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}