{"product_id":"soyuz-tm-12-soyuz-programme-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"Soyuz TM-12 (Soyuz Programme) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSoyuz TM-12 - Color Morphing Mug Design\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a 1990s photograph-style scene built around the crew of the Soyuz TM-12 mission, with cosmonauts in Sokol space suits set against national flags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRed and white dominate the composition, with navy blue, green and a touch of tan filling the remaining space. The flags are the strongest graphic presence: the Union Jack and the Soviet Union flag sit alongside the figures, and the text \u003cstrong\u003eCCCP\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSPACE\u003c\/strong\u003e appears within the frame, with the word \u003cstrong\u003eFACTS\u003c\/strong\u003e adding a more informational note. The cosmonauts' orange-and-white suits draw the eye to the centre, and the scene reads as a documentary still rather than an illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoyuz TM-12 launched in May 1991 to the Mir space station, and its crew included cosmonauts Anatoly Artsebarsky, Sergei Krikalev and British astronaut Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space. The pairing of the Union Jack and the Soviet flag marks that partnership, which unfolded at the close of the Cold War. The design honours a moment when two nations shared a spacecraft, and the scientific mood of the photograph makes that cooperation the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBuilt for the Turn of the Wrist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is held and turned, so the scene is seen in pieces: a flag edge at one moment, a suited figure at the next. On this mug the image is faint while the cup is cold and comes forward once a hot drink goes in, so the crew emerges as the coffee warms. It is a small reveal that suits a piece of space history, rewarding anyone who lifts the mug for a morning cup.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"Default Title \/ 11oz","offer_id":48527829827864,"sku":"22275780785309539822","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/16577651276218722271_2048.jpg?v=1770495138","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/soyuz-tm-12-soyuz-programme-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}