October 16, 2007
Fun with barcodes
Barcodes have been an irritation to cover designers ever since their introduction to magazines in the eighties. But the re-launched UK Esquire has been having fun with theirs. Here are the first three, relating to Michelle Pfeiffer, James McAvoy and footballer Kaka. (If you want to know more about barcodes there’s more information then you’ll ever need on Wikipedia).
6 Comments
Comment on October 16, 2007 by Michael (Boicozine) says:
The latest issue of Wallpaper has been having loads of fun with barcodes too as part of their retail special…
http://wallpaper.live.ipcignite.com/images/98_wallpaper_limited_cover.gif
Comment on October 17, 2007 by jeremy says:
I hadn’t seen that; a special subscription-only cover, I think. The same issue also has a page of barcode fun inside the issue. Will post a picture later.
Comment on October 17, 2007 by Lee says:
Not quite as playful/illustrative but making good use of the barcode within the cover concept, Timeouts summer nights cover seems like a nice solution. Was published a while ago now.
http://nmca.boico.net/nmca_timeout.htm
Comment on October 19, 2007 by Andrew says:
I don’t know if they hired this company or not, but there’s some rather fun ones here. Love the pizza.
http://www.barcoderevolution.com/gallery/index.php?c=all
Comment on November 19, 2007 by Will Holmes says:
I designed the top two barcodes whilst on an internship at Esquire. If you like what you see drop me an email at williamjamesholmes@hotmail.com
Comment on December 12, 2009 by Esquire UK | GraphicHug™ - Everybody Needs a Hug says:
[...] it looks like they went hardback for their September issue. Even the barcode is nicely [...]
