Datamatrix fun with vegetables
Halloween!
October 31, 2008
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Old / new media mash-up – first impressions
June 14, 2008Here’s the proof (geddit?) that the worlds of inky fingers and fat thumbs can coexist.
Last week I purchased a 1.5 inch type-high zinc block of the QR code for this blog, http://matt.me63.com. I wanted to see what happens when the beautifully tactile letterpress of my boyhood meets the amazing multimedia mobiles that I work with now. The answer, it seems, is they get on just fine.
That this works is a tribute to the staying power of Daler-Rowney’s Water Soluble Block Printing Colour, which survived 10 years in the loft to produce a perfect print first time, and to the amazing resiliance of the 2d barcode format and my Nokia N82’s 5 megapixel camera, which coped with all but the blurriest of my impressions.
And just listen to the sound of the roller transferring ink to the block – gorgeous :)
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Old / new media mash-up
June 5, 2008
2d barcodes were everywhere on our recent trip to Japan, and seem to be gaining more attention here in the UK in some unexpected places. I recently downloaded Kaywa’s QR Code reader to my Z610i.
I find it really exciting that communications media have changed so much in my lifetime. At school I played with lead type and got inky fingers. Now I play with mobile phones and have one thumb bigger than the other. 2d barcodes bridge that divide, being printed in ink on paper yet offering an instant connection to the digital world.
What better way to reflect on the interface between old and new media than to get my QR code made up as a printing block. It had to be big enough across for a phone to read accurately – I went for 1.5 inches – and exactly type-high – that’s the 0.918 inch standard for lead type.
KPE Graphics of Kettering obliged – I mailed* them my artwork as a 1200dpi JPEG on Monday and the finished block arrived by post in a Jiffy bag today.
The photo above shows the block in its pristine state, but it won’t stay that way for long. Next step is to dig out my old printing kit from the loft and make a few proofs on paper.
* Postscript: I realised I meant e-mailed, of course.
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