Barcode fun and esoterism
Recently Christophe showed me this article (in German). It explains why certain products, especially in the wholefood business, either have a thin line crossing out the bars or a infinity symbol (a rotated 8) printed underneath the barcode. It all has to do with the myth that the barcode contains the evil number 666 and thus the food could be contaminated by the negative vibes… or something.
That reminded me off a bunch of fun, clever, non-standard barcode designs I’ve collected in the last years. Here’s a best-of (may take a while to load):
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do you also know the boom bip albums on lex?
‘seed to sun’ and the remix compilation ‘corymb’ integrate the barcode in the inner sleeve design, and it appears through a hole in the outer sleeve (which also features briliant ‘wet glass on cardboard’ marks. very warm.)
http://www.discogs.com/Boom-Bip-Seed-To-Sun/release/55924
http://www.discogs.com/Boom-Bip-Corymb/release/245029
yeah – great records! thanks for posting the links :)
makes me wanna listen to some lex vinyl this evening actually …
yeah right, i think there were even more lex releases, that used the barcode as part of the artwork.
Do these scan in correctly or are they art pieces? They’re very nice!
yes, these are commercial barcodes. they all should work.
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