Design,  Everyday,  Functional Art,  illustration,  Kick-Start the Weekend,  Music

Barcodes and Key Cards

Keeping the theme from Monday’s post of creating artwork on unexpected surfaces that are everyday sights, typically the mundane, here are just two examples of turning an everyday graphic barcode into artwork and putting artwork on key-cards.

You might take a second glance when you see these.

barcode_art-500x250 from Loganotron, on Art Is Everywhere
Barcode art from Loganontron
unlockart_lemeridien via Hotel Chatter on Art Is Everywhere
Le Meridien Keycard artwork via Hotel Chatter

I think the additional artwork helps to personalize these items and improve their appeal.

You never know what you’re gonna find on YouTube and I didn’t expect to find anything related to barcodes but I was wrong.

The Barcode Brothers, a Danish musical group, has used the unlikely combination of a ukulele, flute and violin to russle up a square-dance-style, pop roundup (literally in the video that is). I thought the video was clever and humorous and the tune kinda catchy – a fun way to Kick-Start the Weekend.

I'm an artist, wife and mother of two boys. I started my illustration business, The Occasional Palette over 35 years ago, when my oldest son was an infant. Once my children were in school, I began painting decorative, faux finishes and murals through my second business, Casart, now over 30 years old. My third business, Casart Coverings, is a springboard from my second. Click on the link on the sidebar to see innovative, custom, designer wallcovering, removable and reusable wallpaper and coordinating decor.