{"product_id":"mg-039-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"MG-039 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-039 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMG-039 is a flat, minimal road sign: a single white pentagonal route marker, set on black, with the numerals MG 39 running across its face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe design is built from two colours only. Black and white split the field roughly four to one, with white dominating. The route marker sits centred and upright, its pentagonal outline reading instantly as a shield shape, the kind drawn to mark a numbered road. Inside it, the letters \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e sit above the numeral \u003cstrong\u003e39\u003c\/strong\u003e, set in a clean, blocky typeface with no ornament. Nothing competes with the shield. The rendering is flat vector, with hard edges and no shading, so the sign reads as a diagram rather than a picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA route marker is a navigational device: it tells a traveller they are on the right road. Here the sign carries a code rather than a destination. The \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e prefix points to Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state known for its colonial towns, baroque churches and long artistic heritage, and the name ties the artwork to that landscape. The number 39 works as a sequence marker, one stop along a longer network. The result is a piece that treats the language of the highway as a quiet, modern emblem of place and journey, with the mystery built into its brevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBuilt for the Hand That Turns It\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is never seen all at once. You lift it, turn it, and the design arrives in pieces, so a shield on a curved body suits the object. The pentagon sits square in the field, and as the mug rotates in your hands the route number passes across your line of sight, like a sign glimpsed from a passing car. It is a fitting companion for the first coffee of the morning, when the road ahead is still unfamiliar and a little mysterious. Give it to someone who is always on the move, or who likes a brew with a bit of a story behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53182754717976,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG039-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53182754750744,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG039-15OZ-1FRNR","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-039-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-MG039-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794193838","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-039-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}