![]() ![]() The EE/CS building at the University of Minnesota: Twin Cities has a barcode on the sidewalk containing the date the building was erected. I bought one to bring back, but I think it was confiscated by the TSA :) _ Anonymous said. I remember seeing one of these on a bottle of Axe in Osaka. Two of my favourite things! Barcodes and Japanese stuff. It is on the Warp/Lex label and has a very beautifully illustrated and combined inner and outer sleeve which when inserted correctly reveals the bar-code through a cutout window. _ Anonymous said.Ĭheck out the album 'Seed to Sun' by Boom Bip. Look at the CollectMad web site collection of covers, starting around the last half of 1979. _ Anonymous said.īack in the early days of bar codes on periodicals, Mad Magazine used to do some quite imaginative things to the bar codes on the front cover. Maybe I shouldn't write rambling comments on others' blogs when I've just woken up. perhaps he got the idea from the Japanese. I want to say that he did it first, during the late eighties, but in the absence of solid research, I shouldn't. Re: the custom barcodes on products, the late Rick Tharp, a graphic designer here in the U.S., was also known for that. But we, innocent consumers, give it no mind we just keep on shopping and cheerfully buying everything that scans.Īrticle by Avi Abrams, Dark Roasted Blend.ĬONTINUE TO OUR POPULAR "COOL ADVERTS" SERIES! ->Ĭool post. Dick, for example, would've smelled a juicy conspiracy in all this. A fearless explorer of various "paranoid realities", the classic science fiction writer Philip K. Today we find that UPS labels, QR codes and barcode symbols are deeply ingrained in the very fabric of our society. Want to know the time? Click on this Barcode Clock:Īnd finally, as it's almost a custom nowadays to finish with a cute or LOL-lified cat picture (no matter the actual subject of an article), here are the "Barcode Kitties!" - a neat "Hello Kitty" spin-off for those in need of a dose of a truly geeky cuteness: The "MAD" magazine ran a few imaginative barcode cover illustrations back in 1979: He's got Monroe, Elvis and, of course, Jesus - which is, in itself, a succint comment on rampant consumerism and prevalence of kitsch in our times. Portraits, made entirely from the UPC codes and barcodes? Sure, check out the gallery of Scott Blake. How about a full-size barcode building?. More glowing barcode light fixtures, by the Hampstead Lighting:Ĭheck out this LEGO barcode scanner! It includes an actual miniature laser, no less - so handle it with care: or the one on the right: "Muscat City Centre", by Barcode Designed Lights: like this one (left image): "The Bar Code Chandelier", by Mobilet design studio. Just try to have an exhibition of modern furniture without some examples popping up. ![]() As you can see, they have no shortage of ideas:Ĭreative Barcode Ideas Permeate Modern Design Other barcode art pops up from time to time around the world: this is "Flowers", by Dave Herbert:Īrt Lebedev design studio has been issuing wildly creative posters (featuring barcode symbols) for years. But now, we suspect that (thanks to these creative bar codes) the package design in Japan has truly become perfect. Trust Japanese to "glorify" every single mundane design detail, to joyously enhance consumer experience - by adding something extra, a little thing, so easy to miss at first glance. Once you take a closer look, however, these charmingly designed UPC masterpieces will be impossible to ignore! The whimsical little codes will make you smile, and maybe even cause you to buy other products with such codes, just to start your collection! When you first pick a Japanese-made bottle of pop or a milk jug from the shelf, you might not even notice anything different about the codes (with all the intensity and typical visual clutter of a great Japanese package design). Sometimes called the "vanity barcodes", these simple, yet brilliant designs have recently spread around the world, spawning the full blown "Barcode Revolution" in creative packaging design: Send us your topic ideas, suggestions, etc.īarcodes, or UPC symbols, these ubiquitous emblems of our consumer civilization, have been receiving a radical makeover by the Japanese firm D-Barcode, which puts them on all sorts of products all over Japan. ![]()
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