{"product_id":"rutacol-86-colombia-road-sign-shot-glass-15oz","title":"Rutacol-86 (Colombia) (Road Sign) Shot Glass 1.5oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eRutacol-86 (Colombia) (Road Sign) Shot Glass 1.5oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design reproduces a Colombian highway shield bearing the numeral 86, the marker once used for a national route that was struck from the network in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack and white do all the work here. The shield is set against a field of white, with black making up roughly an eighth of the image, so the emblem reads instantly from across a room. Its outline is doubled, with a pointed base that gives it the unmistakable silhouette of national road signage. Inside, the numeral 86 sits in heavy sans-serif type, bold enough to be read at a glance by a driver passing at speed. Nothing else competes for attention: no border ornament, no background texture, no secondary text. The composition is flat, graphic and deliberately spare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe shield is a navigational signal. Its form announces an official national road and its number places the driver on a specific segment of it. Rutacol-86 was one of the designation numbers in Colombia's national highway scheme, and the route was formally removed by Resolution No. 339 on 26 February 1999. The design therefore preserves a piece of transport infrastructure that no longer exists as an active national route, and it records the bureaucratic order of the Colombian road network as it stood before the late twentieth-century reorganisation. The sign is a reminder that legacy markers still turn up on aging signs and archival maps, and that they no longer guide modern journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSmall Object, Close Reading\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA shot glass is small and held close, so the eye reads its design at arm's length, often while the glass is raised for a toast. The bold shield and single numeral survive that close inspection, and the sign's double outline sits neatly around the curve of the glass. Pour a measure, lift it, and you are reading a road marker from a decommissioned route, a quietly cheeky conversation piece for anyone who loves maps, travel or a good piece of graphic history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"1.5oz","offer_id":53170699141400,"sku":"GMY-SHOT-RTC86-1P5OZ","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/rutacol-86-colombia-road-sign-shot-glass-15oz-GMY-SHOT-RTC86-1P5OZ-front.webp?v=1794015658","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/rutacol-86-colombia-road-sign-shot-glass-15oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}