At Scandit, we are always on the lookout for the latest creative uses for the barcode. We’re big fans of barcode art, poetry and now, music. This week, we came across a particularly exciting barcode that caught our eyes—and ears—as…
If you’ve followed our blog in the past, you know that barcode haikus —or the Haikode— are a favorite of ours at Scandit. With the fall season just beginning, it’s time for another series of barcode haikus to celebrate our…
Traditionally, barcodes have always been the small white and black boxes we’ve all grown to accept, but recently the discussion about ‘vanity barcodes’ has emerged as a marketing and design concept on many products. While barcodes do have somewhat strict…
When most people think of barcodes, they think of boxed shapes with lots of little black lines and spaces in between. It’s true that many barcodes look this way, but not all are created equal. Today we’re excited to share…
In the past we’ve explored many odd uses of QR codes, ranging from cupcake decoration to gravestone commemoration. Today we’d like to share another unconventional use of QR codes, this time as a staple of interior design. Introducing the QR…
Barcodes have a very rich and interesting history. They were originally used to identify railroad cars, and shortly thereafter became an international means for product identification. Since then, barcodes have been used in many diverse situations ranging from helping robots…
We wanted to wish you all a very happy New Year’s holiday! Today we celebrate the successes 2013 has brought, and look towards an exciting and fruitful 2014. To commemorate the occasion we’ve created a special New Year’s haiku: …
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the store, not a barcode was stirring, across the whole retail floor. The pricetags were hung by the shelves with care, in hopes that the consumer soon would be there. The management…
Today we wanted to share a very creative QR code campaign that took place in a couple years ago in Kraków, Poland. Kraków is the home to the Sukiennice museum, which features a variety of 19th century Polish art. In…
Happy Thanksgiving! All of us here at Scandit want to wish you a very happy holiday. Before you sit down to your turkey dinner, or prepare to camp out for a Black Friday sale–check out these delightful cartoons: