{"product_id":"mg-318-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"MG-318 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-318 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design reproduces a pentagonal state route shield, the kind of marker that guides drivers along a numbered road, rendered in plain black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite dominates the artwork, filling roughly four-fifths of the field, with a black pentagon-shaped shield taking up the remainder as its outline and inner detail. The shield is flat and vector-clean, with no gradients, shadows or ornament. Two lines of black lettering sit inside it: the letters \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e above the route number \u003cstrong\u003e318\u003c\/strong\u003e. Nothing competes with them, so the sign reads at a glance, exactly as it would from a passing car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoute shields like this one are the working language of Brazilian roads. The letters identify the state, Minas Gerais, and the number identifies the specific highway within its network. The design takes a piece of everyday infrastructure and presents it as a subject in its own right, which gives it a quiet, modern, utilitarian character. Its connection to Brazil comes entirely through that signage system, not through picture-postcard imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning MG-318 in Your Hands\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held close and turned slowly, so the sign never appears all at once. As the cup rotates, the shield rolls around the curve and the number 318 comes into view on the far side, the way a driver would pick out a route marker from the corner of the road. Wrap your hands around it on a cold morning and the road sign becomes a small landmark on your own daily route.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53182682628376,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG318-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53182682661144,"sku":"GMY-MUG-MG318-15OZ-1FRKC","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-318-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-MG318-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794192246","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-318-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}