Comments on: Thinking outside of the white box – Barcodes reimagined

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Fantastic, thanks for the link James!

By: Borgia

Borgia — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:50:32 +0000

Hello, I Like to buy a new Prada Lg II. mobile phone for x-mas
I’m living in Hungary…o you know any contacts in Austria or Germany…
Any idea? Thnx a lot

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:15:39 +0000

Its nice to see the barcodes being given some love but there are technical constraints about the amount of white space (quiet zone) required around them. There is certainly no need for them to be ‘boring’ black and white and the white space depends on standards etc. So if you’re planning to produce some more interesting designs I reckon a quick glance over the UPC/EAN standards might be a good idea so that they actually work. BTW you might also like to see http://barcode-plantage.com which animates a tree out of any barcode – fun!

By: dc

dc — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:12:57 +0000

Very cool stuff. One thing I noticed about Japan was that the QR / 3D codes were EVERYWHERE. I wish they were as prevalent in the states. Scanning them with my rented camera phone immediately brought me to whatever site dictated. Extremely useful for marketing.

By: Donald Rush

Donald Rush — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:11:28 +0000

Wow that is great. I would have never thought of something like this. Thanks for sharing. I don’t do a lot of package design but the next barcode that comes across my desk is getting this treatment.