{"product_id":"sp-161-brazil-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","title":"SP-161 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSP-161 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Color Changing Mug 11oz\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a flat, monochrome road marker: a pentagonal route shield bearing the designation SP 161, drawn in crisp black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack and white are the only colours, and white covers roughly nine-tenths of the field. The shield is a regular pentagon with a double border, set centrally with nothing competing around it. The letters \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e sit above the numerals \u003cstrong\u003e161\u003c\/strong\u003e, both rendered as bold, evenly weighted type. Nothing is shaded or textured. The result reads at a glance, the way signs are meant to be read from a moving vehicle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoute shields are a language of their own. The pentagon marks a numbered road within a network, and the SP prefix identifies the road as part of the state highway system of São Paulo, Brazil's most populous state. The design is therefore about navigation and place: a road that connects towns, and a country defined partly by its vast distances. Its utilitarian, modern styling belongs to the everyday graphic vocabulary of road infrastructure rather than to ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOn the Color Morphing Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is built to be seen quickly, and a mug is a thing turned slowly in the hand, so the shield gets a longer look than any highway marker ever receives. Wrapped around the curve of the cup, the pentagon becomes a small landmark on the side you face each morning. The mug's hidden trick suits the design well: the shield is faint when the cup is cold and comes through clearly once a hot drink is poured in, so the route marker appears as the coffee arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53149048471832,"sku":"GMY-MUG-SP161-11OZ-1FR87","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/sp-161-brazil-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz-GMY-MUG-SP161-11OZ-1FR87-front.webp?v=1793843406","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/sp-161-brazil-road-sign-color-changing-mug-11oz","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}