{"product_id":"kokudou-670china-china-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"Kokudou 670China (China) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eKokudou 670China (China) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a route marker: a bold red road sign with a white inner border, carrying the white designation \u003cstrong\u003eG670\u003c\/strong\u003e at its centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed fills almost the entire field, with white taking up the rest as a nested rounded-rectangle border that frames the sign. The shapes are simple and flat, drawn in a clean vector style. Nothing competes with the sign itself. The white route number sits dead centre and dominates the composition, so the eye lands on \"G670\" before anything else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoad markers are how a traveller knows where they are and which way they are headed, and this one follows that logic. The name \"Kokudou\" is the Japanese term for a national route, and the number 670 identifies this particular road within that network. The \"China\" in the title places the route in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu. The sign's red-and-white palette and rounded border are the visual language of Japanese road signage, which is why the design reads as instantly recognisable as a highway marker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is built to be read at a glance from a moving vehicle, and a mug asks for something different. It is turned slowly in the hand, read from the side, and returned to again and again over a morning. The sign's bold central numeral works well at that distance, and the rounded border follows the curve of the cup, so the route marker wraps around the whole mug rather than sitting flat on one face. For anyone who has ever followed a number like this across a map, it turns the everyday coffee break into a small roadside stop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53170434998552,"sku":"GMY-MUG-KKDCHN-11OZ-273","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/kokudou-670china-china-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz-GMY-MUG-KKDCHN-11OZ-273-front.webp?v=1794008847","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/kokudou-670china-china-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}