German Cinemas let people experience how homeless people feel in winter – live at the movies. They turned dow the air conditioning and let people donate using QR Codes on the blankets! (1:28 in the video)
Source: YouTube
2dcode; ” Marks & Spencer is targeting Mothers’ Day shoppers at Westfield shopping centre with a QR Code made from fresh flowers. The sixteen by thirteen feet display is made from ten thousand fresh flowers including Cymbidium Orchids and Pink Avalanche Roses (image below). The QR Code resolves to a mobile site where shoppers can win a year’s supply of flowers and purchase a Mothers’ Day bouquet direct from their mobile. The QR Code (video below) will be at the shopping centre between 4th and 10th March and at the conclusion of the event the flowers will be used to create compost in line with the company’s objective to become the world’s most sustainable major retailer by 2015.”
9,457 flowers. 1,200,000,000 pixels. See every petal of the world’s first Blooming QRCode in this GigaPixel photo by Visualise (Deep Zoom Panoramas, Interactive Tours, 360 Photos and 360 Video)
http://visualise.com/marksandspencer-flowers/gigapixel.html
You can zoom into each ande every flower or zoom out to see the creative QR Code!
Brazil’s largest youth and student travel organization Central de Intercâmbio has a print campaign running showing flags of the world composed from QR Codes. The idea is that students can cut out the ads and use them as pocket travel guides. The large QR Code in the Spanish flag below resolves to a mobile site with comprehensive information on the city of Madrid.
Source: 2d code
Found the www.visualead.com QR Code generator a few months ago, I was quite impressed with the technology and resulting QR Codes. They gave me a few credits so I could review their site, here is the review. It will be short since the site is so easy to use.
I used a local PR Agency (http://richettmedia.com/) photo since their site uses responsive web design and looks great on a computer screen and on a mobile phone, so scanning the QR Code could actually be useful! Click the link above and then scan the QR Code at the end to see a responsive web design site.
Step1: Select an Image (Yours or theirs) – I uploaded a photo, but could have chosen one of their images.
Step 2: Edit QR – You can choose a URL, Mobile Page, vCard, YouTube Video, Twitter Follow, Application URL or an Email Address.
Step 3: Place QR – Move and Resize the QR Code.
Generate QR Code:
Step 4 Get It!:
Final QR Code (try it – it scans!):
www.richettmedia.com
Source: Visualead
To mark their 10,000th Marine Stewardship Council, a sustainable seafood watch group, certified sushi dish, Moshi Moshi took up the challenge to make a QR code out of sushi to tell their certified sustainable seafood story. The video chronicles their many failed attempts to create QR codes out of everything from green tea powder to squid ink. The video shows how they finally did it, and tells more about the QR coded sushi on their menu for 2013.
Very cool, not the only QR Code sushi, see my post QR Sushi from SushiShop
Source: YouTube & Huffington Post
Barcode artist Scott Blake has created a 12×9 foot mosaic portrait for the launch of the popular PC, Xbox and PlayStation game Hitman HD: Trilogy.
The portrait of Agent 47, the game’s primary character is created from almost 10,000 UPC barcodes from the game box and also includes some hidden QR Codes.
Scanning the UPC codes provides information on where users can buy the game and scanning the QR Codes unlock artwork and video trailer.
The portrait can be seen at 699 3rd Str., San Francisco.
This video show how much work is required for a mosaic Qr Code!
Rio de Janeiro began installing a series of QR code patterns onto its pavements on Friday 25 January in preparation for the 2016 Olympics, starting at Arpoador by Ipanema Beach. Created with the traditional black and white mosaic tiles that already line the streets in this area.
The Department of Conservation said it plans to implement the QRIO project at 30 locations across the city by the year’s end and 50 locations by July 2014 when Rio hosts the FIFA World Cup.
Sidney Haddad, founding partner of digital technology company Zóio, explained that the idea was inspired by designs from similar projects in cities such as Lisbon and Barcelona that have already adopted the code in Portuguese stones. “We tried to create something with the essence of being cosmopolitan, but with strong cultural roots. We propose to map the city with QR Code technology so that you can access information of a certain place without the need for signs, but through your mobile device.”
Source: YouTube & TheEpochTimes
The world’s largest golf facility, Mission Hills Shenzhen, China claimed a world record “human” QR Code. The QR Code was formed by almost 2,000 of their staff with umbrellas. I have not been able to find a scannable photo. The QR Code is supposed to resolve to a campaign website promoting sustainable eco-tourism and a prize draw. Umbrella QR Codes seem to be fashionable at the moment, like this one from Taiwan.
Source 2d code
My local TV station WZZM 13 created an iPad app and a simple QR code to download the app while watching TV!
I think the best QR Codes for TV application will be created at Visual Lead or QRMovie (amazing).
Here is my black WZZM 13 app Qr Code with logo!
On a black background this QR Code may need a small white border to outline the quiet zone for optimal scanning.
Source: YouTube
