{"product_id":"mg-479-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz","title":"MG-479 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Pint Glass 16oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMG-479 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Pint Glass 16oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a flat, modern road marker: a single pentagon sign carrying the designation MG-479, the number of a state highway in Minas Gerais, Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is pure black and white. White fills most of the field, roughly three-quarters of it, while black supplies the pentagonal outline border and the lettering. The letters \u003cstrong\u003eMG\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e479\u003c\/strong\u003e sit centred inside the shape in bold black type, so the numerals do all the work. Nothing decorative competes with them. The result is a flat vector graphic with clean edges and no shading, closer to a traffic symbol than to a picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prefix MG identifies the road as a state route maintained by the Minas Gerais government, and the number places it within that network. MG-479 runs from Januária to the districts of Tejuco and Pandeiros in the north of the state, linking a remote region to the wider road system. A 46.6-kilometre paving and infrastructure project, carried out from 2023 to 2024, improved its subgrade, drainage and signage. The sign therefore stands for a working connection, the kind of marker that tells a traveller exactly where they are and how far they have come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy It Suits a Mixing Glass\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tall, curved vessel gives the sign a long surface to wrap around, and the pentagon reads upright each time the glass is lifted. Because the design is a single compact emblem rather than a scene, it sits neatly in the eye line whether the glass is on the bar cart or in the hand. Anyone who has ever squinted at a roadside marker to confirm their route will appreciate seeing one turned into something to raise a glass to.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"16oz","offer_id":53136373907736,"sku":"GMY-MIXI-MG479-16OZ","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/mg-479-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz-GMY-MIXI-MG479-16OZ-front.webp?v=1793758443","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/mg-479-brazil-road-sign-pint-glass-16oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}