Another visit at the surrealists – on of their most famous members is probably René Magritte.
The mug is based on his images “La Connivence”, “La Grande Famille”, “La Chambre d’ecoute”, “La Condition Humaine” and – last but not least – “La Trahison des Images”.
The “42” is written in chinese numerical on the upper crossbar of the easel:
四十二 = 4(四)*10(十)+2(二).
The current year is inserted in Braille in the upper left ( : .: .: :’ ).
The lower crossbar’s grain contains the “Practice Random…” slogan – as the bit patterns of the ASCII codes.