Who said barcodes have to be boring?

Came across this great roundup of Japanese barcode designs on The Dieline blog. Very creative design treatments for a usually boring element.

Check out the full article on The Dieline blog.

Unique Japanese Barcodes

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James MacCuaig

These are brilliant. Why aren’t we doing that here in NA?
I wonder if they “gum” up the lasers and cause them to loose sync or focus.
btw.. link now appears broken.

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