{"product_id":"tw-thwhc82-taiwan-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","title":"TW THWhc82 (Taiwan) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTW THWhc82 (Taiwan) (Road Sign) Black Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis design takes the look of a Taiwanese road sign and reduces it to its essentials: a single character, two numerals, and a rectangular frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artwork is flat and graphic, built from solid black and white with no shading or ornament. White dominates the layout, with black taking up roughly a fifth of the field. A rectangular border frames the whole composition, and inside it the Chinese character \u003cstrong\u003e竹\u003c\/strong\u003e sits as the central mark, flanked by the numerals \u003cstrong\u003e8\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e2\u003c\/strong\u003e. Nothing competes with these three elements, so the eye moves directly from the character to the numbers and back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe character 竹 means bamboo, a plant that is deeply woven into Taiwanese landscape and daily life, and the numerals read as a route number, the way roads are labelled on signage across the island. Together they turn a plant into a wayfinding marker. The design is modern in its era and minimal in its approach, a contemporary take on the functional language of public signs. Its catalog identifier, THWhc82, ties the artwork to Taiwan by name and code, so the geography and the label arrive together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTurning the Sign in Your Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mug is a surface you turn rather than read from a distance, so the sign appears as you rotate the cup: the frame closes around the bamboo character, then the 8 and the 2 come into view with each turn of the handle. The white field stays clear and legible across the curve, and the black border gives the composition a clean edge at every angle. For anyone who starts the morning with coffee, tea or hot chocolate, the sign becomes a small route marker that you pass through with every sip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53187466821912,"sku":"GMY-MUG-TWTHW-11OZ-1FKHQ-3","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53187466854680,"sku":"GMY-MUG-TWTHW-15OZ-1FKHQ-2","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/tw-thwhc82-taiwan-road-sign-black-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-TWTHW-11OZ-1FKHQ-3-front.webp?v=1794217029","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/tw-thwhc82-taiwan-road-sign-black-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}