{"product_id":"mg-200-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"MG-200 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-200 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes the form of a road route marker from Brazil's Minas Gerais state, reading MG 200 in a flat, graphic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA pentagonal badge dominates the artwork. Its outer edge is white, and an inner black border frames the field, so the shape reads at a glance. Two lines of bold lettering sit at its centre: \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e above \u003cstrong\u003e200\u003c\/strong\u003e. The black and white split is roughly four parts white to one part black, which keeps the badge crisp and high in contrast. Nothing surrounds it. The layout is pared back to the sign itself, with no decoration to compete with the numerals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe badge follows the conventions of a state highway marker. The letters \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e identify Minas Gerais, one of Brazil's largest states, and the number 200 names the route within its network. Signs like this are built to be read quickly from a moving vehicle, which explains the plain palette and the bold, blocky figures. The design is modern in its era and utilitarian in spirit: it borrows the language of public wayfinding and presents it as an object worth looking at closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Mug in Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a thing you turn, not a thing you stand back from. As you rotate it, the pentagon travels around the curve, and the MG and 200 come into view one after another, the way a driver meets a sign on a long road. The strong black border keeps the badge legible from the handle side as well as the front. Each morning the route marker arrives in your hands as you lift the cup, which is exactly the kind of small, daily detour a road sign was never meant to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53182853120280,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG200-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53182853153048,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG200-15OZ-1FRS7","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-200-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-MG200-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794196238","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-200-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}