{"product_id":"tw-thwpt161-taiwan-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","title":"TW THWpt161 (Taiwan) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTW THWpt161 (Taiwan) (Road Sign) White Coffee Mug\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis design borrows the plain visual language of a Taiwanese road sign, reduced to a single black character and a route number on a white field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eVisual Elements \u0026amp; Composition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhite fills nearly the whole surface, with black taking up only a small share of the image. At the centre sits the black Chinese character \u003cstrong\u003e屏\u003c\/strong\u003e inside a rectangular border, drawn in a flat vector style with no shading or texture. Beside it, the numerals \u003cstrong\u003e161\u003c\/strong\u003e sit in the same black. Nothing competes for attention. The rectangle, the character and the numerals form a clean, modern layout that reads at a glance, like the signs drivers pass on a highway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMeaning \u0026amp; Symbolism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe character 屏 is the opening character of Pingtung (屏東), the county at the southern tip of Taiwan, and the number 161 marks a provincial route that runs through it. Together they work as a wayfinding code: a region followed by a road. Taiwan's road signage is built on this kind of compact marker, which makes the design a direct portrait of how the island's roads are named and navigated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigned for the Hand\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA road sign is meant to be read from a distance, but a mug asks for something different. The lettering turns with the cylinder as you lift it, so the border and character pass in front of you one slice at a time. Your eye follows the rectangle around the curve, and the route number comes into view as you rotate the mug toward you. The sign that would normally stand beside a road ends up on the table beside your coffee, a small piece of Pingtung travelling with you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Go Mug Yourself","offers":[{"title":"11oz","offer_id":53159592165656,"sku":"GMY-MUG-TWTHW-11OZ-1FKBZ","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"15oz","offer_id":53159592198424,"sku":"GMY-MUG-TWTHW-15OZ-1FKBZ","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/5204\/4312\/files\/tw-thwpt161-taiwan-road-sign-white-coffee-mug-GMY-MUG-TWTHW-11OZ-1FKBZ-front.webp?v=1793907309","url":"https:\/\/gomugyourself.com\/products\/tw-thwpt161-taiwan-road-sign-white-coffee-mug","provider":"Go Mug Yourself","version":"1.0","type":"link"}