Barcodes That Are Good Enough to Eat

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Fast Company features the work of D-Barcode, a Japanese design firm that creates sophisticated designs out of ordinary barcodes for (mostly Japanese) packaged goods. A number of the ingenious designs have food themes, from a pizza to a pair of chopsticks picking up noodles.

An exclusive design can run as high as $4,000, but the company will license existing codes starting at $1,500 (plus an annual $200 fee).

 


 

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i'm trying to understand what the design firm is charging for. i can see that it is a very unique and innovative idea, to alter the shape of a barcode and or the art around it to incorporate the barcode. leaving the main section of the code as is so it can be scanned, is very clever. so then i wonder, is the customer providing the design firm with a upc number, then the design firm generates the barcode, and then alters it to match the product it is being used on? i would love to see how it works and looks on a real world package.

i wonder if it would work here in the usa. if the upc code could still be scanned even if the top was not perfectly flush.

anyone else have any comments?

 

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