{"product_id":"mg-233-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz","title":"MG-233 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Pint Glass 16oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-233 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Pint Glass 16oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes the form of a road sign, a piece of roadside graphic built to be read at a glance, and it ties that form to Brazil through its designation, MG-233.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is organised around a single sign face, with the designation \u003cstrong\u003eMG-233\u003c\/strong\u003e set as the central identifier. The numerals do the work here. Nothing else competes with them, so the eye goes straight to the code and then to the Brazilian context around it. The layout is plain and direct, closer to a signpost than a picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoad signs exist to tell people where they are and where they are going, and this one carries that purpose into a Brazilian setting. The \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e prefix matches the abbreviation for Minas Gerais, the Brazilian state whose highways carry designations of this kind. Read together, the code places the design in a specific corner of Brazil's road network, and the theme of Brazil ties it to the wider country's culture and geography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Sign in Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is flat and square, but a glass is round, so the design has to be read in pieces as the glass turns. Each turn brings a new part of the sign into view, the way a driver catches a sign only as the road bends. Raise the glass and the designation comes into focus; set it down and the sign becomes a reminder of a journey you have not yet taken. It is a fitting pattern for a vessel that gets passed around, lifted and tipped toward the next round.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"16oz","offer_id":53136983818520,"sku":"GMY-MIXI-MG233-16OZ","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-233-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz-GMY-MIXI-MG233-16OZ-front.webp?v=1793761467","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-233-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}