{"product_id":"sp-361-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"SP-361 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSP-361 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design is a flat, modern road route marker: a pentagon-shaped sign carrying the letters \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e and the route number \u003cstrong\u003e361\u003c\/strong\u003e, rendered as a clean piece of roadside signage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition is simple and centred. A pentagonal outline with an inner border sits at the heart of the artwork, and the letters SP and the numerals 361 are set inside it in bold black. White fills most of the field, with black accents doing the rest of the work, so the sign reads instantly, the way a driver would catch it from the road. There is no background scenery and no decoration, only the shape, the border and the lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoute markers like this one are how a road network tells you where you are. \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e is the abbreviation for the state of São Paulo, and \u003cstrong\u003e361\u003c\/strong\u003e identifies this particular state highway within Brazil's road system. The design takes that practical language of signage and gives it a graphic, almost emblematic presence, celebrating the everyday infrastructure that carries people from one town to the next. Its utilitarian character is the point: this is Brazil seen through its roads rather than its postcards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning Point on the Black Mug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a thing you turn in your hand, so the sign will never be seen all at once. Rotate it and the pentagon crosses your line of sight, the border frames the numerals, and the letters come round to meet you again. It is a fitting way to read a route marker, one glance at a time, while the coffee or tea does its own journey. For the road-tripper, the map-lover or anyone who has followed a faded highway number into an unexpected town, this black mug keeps that small piece of Brazilian road signage close at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53181227303192,"sku":"GMY-MUG-SP361-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53181227335960,"sku":"GMY-MUG-SP361-15OZ-1FR0Z","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/sp-361-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-SP361-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794183269","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/sp-361-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}