{"product_id":"ecuador-e554-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"Ecuador E554 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEcuador E554 (Ecuador) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a graphic road-sign design, and its entire subject is Ecuador, the South American nation named across its face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is built around a single idea. The word Ecuador and the E554 reference sit at the centre of the design, with nothing competing for attention. The road-sign framing gives the piece a direct, signposted quality, as if a traveller has just reached a border or a destination and needs to know where they are. The layout is simple and uncluttered, so the name reads at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign exists to tell you where you are and where you are going. Set Ecuador at its centre and the design makes the country itself the destination, marked the way travel and geography are marked on the road. The E554 code adds the quiet precision of a catalogue reference, placing this one design within a numbered series of Ecuador artworks. Its themes of geography and travel say what the piece is for: pointing toward a place, and toward the journey to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSign Off the Cup\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held close and turned in the hand, so the sign travels with every sip. Because the design wraps the full curve of the cup, each turn brings another part of the road into view. As a hot drink is poured in, the artwork rises through the surface, like a destination coming into focus on the horizon. It is a sign that means more the closer you hold it, which suits a cup that is always in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53175106732312,"sku":"GMY-MUG-CDRE55-11OZ-4","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/ecuador-e554-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz-GMY-MUG-CDRE55-11OZ-4-front.webp?v=1794062145","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/ecuador-e554-ecuador-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}