{"product_id":"mg-127-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"MG-127 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-127 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design reproduces a road sign: the pentagonal route marker for MG-127, a highway in Minas Gerais, one of Brazil's largest states.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is a flat vector graphic in two colours, black and white. White fills most of the composition, about 86 percent, and black takes up the rest. A pentagon sits at the centre, with a black inner border framing the white field. Inside it, the letters \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e sit above the numerals \u003cstrong\u003e127\u003c\/strong\u003e, both set in bold black type with no ornament. Nothing competes with the sign's outline or its route number, so the eye lands on the code first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoute markers like this one are the everyday language of Brazilian roads. The letters identify the state network, and the number identifies the specific route, so a driver can read a whole journey from a single shape. Minas Gerais has a dense web of these routes across mountains and small towns, and MG-127 is one link in that system. The design turns a piece of working infrastructure into a portrait of place: a national identity expressed through the plainest tools of navigation, with the modern, utilitarian styling of contemporary signage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Sign Into a Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is built to be read at a glance from a moving car, and a mug is read the opposite way, slowly and close to the face. Each morning the pentagon wraps around the mug as it is turned in the hand, so the route number comes into view a little at a time. The black background of the artwork sits naturally on a black mug, and the white pentagon stands out against it. Whoever receives this mug gets a small piece of Brazilian roadside design to start the day, one that is best appreciated with a hot drink and a few spare minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53182810980632,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG127-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53182811013400,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG127-15OZ-1FRQ6","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-127-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-MG127-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794195034","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-127-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}