{"product_id":"sp-912-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"SP-912 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSP-912 (Brazil) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes the form of a Brazilian state route marker: a white pentagon outlined on black, carrying the letters \"SP\" above the number 912.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is a flat vector graphic built from two colours only, black and white, with white dominating roughly four-fifths of the field. The pentagonal outline sits at the centre of the composition, giving the sign a clean, deliberately plain silhouette. The only text is the \u003cstrong\u003eSP\u003c\/strong\u003e designation and the numerals \u003cstrong\u003e912\u003c\/strong\u003e, set with the directness of a sign meant to be read from a moving vehicle. Nothing decorative competes with them, so the eye goes straight to the code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA route marker is a small piece of civic information with a large job: it tells travellers where they are and which road they are on. SP is the abbreviation for São Paulo, the Brazilian state, and 912 identifies this particular state route within its network. The design borrows the language of utilitarian signage, which is why it reads as both modern and matter-of-fact. It honours the road system of São Paulo state and the everyday geography that moves people across it, rendered in the plain visual grammar of the signs themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMade for the Mug Turned in Your Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is designed to be glimpsed in passing, and a mug is the opposite: it is lifted, turned and studied slowly over a morning cup. Rotating the mug brings the pentagon around in a steady loop, so the SP and 912 come into view one turn at a time. It is a quiet piece of travel memorabilia for anyone who has ever navigated by route numbers, and a fitting companion for the first coffee of a long day on the road.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53181088039192,"sku":"GMY-MUG-SP912-11OZ-2","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53181088071960,"sku":"GMY-MUG-SP912-15OZ-1FQU2","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/sp-912-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-SP912-11OZ-2-front.webp?v=1794177585","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/sp-912-brazil-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}