Barcode Art
Pretty much every product we own (from toothpaste to milk carton, from cans of soda to books) has a barcode on it. The barcode was developed in the United States by inventors Joseph Woodland, Jordin Johanson and Bernard Silver on October 7, 1952.
They came up with a machine readable way of representing data. Originally it was used in the automotive and rail industry, but it has revolutionized the way data is read off products by use of an optical scanner. Nowadays, barcodes are even used as forms of payment that can be “scanned” by taking a picture of them with a camera phone. (more information about barcodes can be found on Wikipedia
Those of us who remember going to the grocery store and see the clerks type 10,000 numbers each time at the check out counters are giving up their age!
But who said barcodes can’t also be a form of art? Here are a few fun and creative barcodes.
- Stumble it!
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Ah, the artwork is both cool and thought provoking. Did you make these yourself, or was there a 3rd party “artist”? We’d be interested in licensing them or comissioning our own.
We make a barcode font, and this art complements our products as they give users the ability to make their own bar codes in a word processor.
Hey Barcode Guy -
I am not the artist, agree 100% with your description. I think they are brilliant.
I tried researching a little bit, and I think they are created by a Japanese company. Their website is: http://www.d-barcode.com/. Check out this page: http://www.d-barcode.com/barcode/barcode_products.html#
The whole website is in Japanese, which makes it a little difficult to make sense of if you don’t speak the language….
Good luck! Itay.
I especially like the Pizza rendition…