{"product_id":"route-nationale-franaise-180a-france-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","title":"Route nationale française 180a (France) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRoute nationale française 180a (France) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes a single piece of French road furniture and makes it the whole picture: the route marker for the Route nationale française 180a, rendered as a bold, unfussy sign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlat red fills most of the frame, and a rounded rectangle of bright red carries the composition. Across its centre runs the designation \u003cstrong\u003eN 180A\u003c\/strong\u003e in heavy white capitals, with the numerals and letter set large enough to read at a glance. Nothing competes with them. There is no background scene, no border ornament and no decorative flourish, just the sign, its colour and its lettering, arranged with the discipline of a road marker built to be seen from a moving car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route number is a small act of organisation. It tells drivers where they are in a network of roads that stretches across the country, and the N prefix marks it as a national route. This artwork honours that system by isolating one designation and giving it the attention usually reserved for landmarks. It is a tribute to the everyday infrastructure that moves people through France, and to the cartography that binds those roads into a map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Mug Towards the Road\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a object you handle and turn, so the sign comes into view in pieces as you rotate it, the red band first, then the white numerals landing one by one. Anyone who has ever followed a route number through unfamiliar countryside will recognise the moment. For the road-trip lover or the map collector in your life, it is a morning cup with a destination printed on it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53177432015128,"sku":"GMY-MUG-RTNTN-11OZ-1FFEY","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53177432047896,"sku":"GMY-MUG-RTNTN-15OZ-1FFEY","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/route-nationale-franaise-180a-france-road-sign-white-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-RTNTN-11OZ-1FFEY-front.webp?v=1794108933","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/route-nationale-franaise-180a-france-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}