We create custom designed QR Codes.

A QR Code is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.

Common in Japan, where it was created by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in 1994, the is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.[1]

Contents

1 Overview 2 Standards 3 License 4 Storage 5 Variants 6 Use as artwork 7 Use in marketing 8 Use in interpretation 9 Use in entertainment 10 Standalone applications 11 See also 12 References 13 Bibliography 14 External links Overview

Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR codes are now used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging). codes can be used to display text to the user, to add a vCard contact to the user’s device, to open a URI or to compose an email or text message. Users can also generate and print their.

QR codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards, or on just about any object about which users might need information. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image.

Google’s mobile Android operating system supports QR codes by natively including the barcode scanner (ZXing) on some models, and the browser supports URI redirection, which allows QR Codes to send metadata to existing applications on the device. In the Apple iOS, a QR code reader is not natively included, but over 50 free Apps are available with reader and metadata browser URI redirection capability.

Standards

There are several standards documents covering the physical encoding of codes:[6]

October 1997 — AIM (Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility) International[7] January 1999 — JIS X 0510 June 2000 — ISO/IEC 18004:2000 Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — an extension of Code Model 2. Does not specify how to read Code Model 1 symbols, or require this for compliance. At the application layer, there is some variation between implementations. NTT DoCoMo has established de facto standards for the encoding of URLs, contact information, and several other data types.[8] The open-source “ZXing” project maintains a list of QR code data types.[9]

License

The term code itself is a registered trademark of Denso Wave Incorporated.[10]

Storage

QR code data capacity[1] Numeric code only Max. 7,089 characters Alphanumeric Max. 4,296 characters Binary (8 bits) Max. 2,953 bytes Kanji/Kana Max. 1,817 characters Error correction capacity Level L 7% of codewords can be restored. Level M 15% of codewords can be restored. Level Q 25% of codewords can be restored. Level H 30% of codewords can be restored. QR codes use the Reed–Solomon error correction.

Example of Micro

Example of Standard Variants

Micro code is a smaller version of the standard for applications with less ability to handle large scans. There are different forms of Micro QR codes as well. The highest of these can hold 35 numeric characters.

A standard code can contain up to 7089 characters, though not all readers can accept that much data.

Use as artwork

Bottom up, oil on canvas by Fabrice de Nola, 2006. Since 2006, the Italian artist Fabrice de Nola has used QR code design in oil paintings[11] or embedded in photographs.[12]

The videoclip for the song also features a code. When the codes are scanned, users are directed to the Pet Shop Boys website, and web pages about the British national identity card plans, respectively.

In 2008, the Australian born artist Simone O’Callaghan created a series of screenprinted artworks called RGB, based on codes. Here, she challenged the latitudes of scanning technologies by altering the codes to take on more organic and less pixelated forms, whilst still ensuring that they could be scanned by a mobile phone.[13] They link to quotes about media. She also exhibited another series of works called home.html featuring QR code design linking the photographic prints to online content about the places in which the images were taken. They were exhibited as part of an exhibition called Signals in the City at the Hannah McLure, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland.[14][15]

In March 2008, software engineer Duncan Robertson embedded the BBC logo inside a QR code design. [16]

A QR code design which scans to produce the word “LOVE” was also featured prominently in Australian artist Kylie Minogue’s music video for her 2010 single All The Lovers.

In June 2010, Design Exchange, Canada’s National Design Centre, unveiled a large QR code design installation created by Rollout Wallpaper. Rollout Wallpaper is a custom wallpaper company operating in Vancouver. The installation is part of the ‘Bent Out of Shape’ exhibit, curated by Design Exchange staff.

The webcomic QR Comic is made entirely out of codes. The first 28 entries are Isaac Asimov’s short story The Last Question converted into QR codes.

The 2010 comic, Carnivale De Robotique uses a code to reveal a subplot in its third issue.[19]

In October 2010, at the Toronto International Art Fair, artist Jeff Tallon displayed Canada’s first QR code design painting in collaboration with the Engine Gallery. The work was a diptych that, when scanned, provided information about the adjoining panel.[20]

Use in marketing

A giant QR Code linking to a website, to be read with a mobile phone. Recently, codes design have become more prevalent in marketing circles and have been integrated into both traditional and interactive campaigns. Media where QR codes have been deployed include: billboard ads, guerilla marketing campagns[21], in-store displays, event ticketing and tracking, trade-show management, business cards, print ads, contests, direct mail campaigns, websites, email marketing, and couponing just to name a few. codes are of particular interest to marketers, giving them the “ability to measure response rates with a high degree of precision”[22] allowing for easier ROI (return on investment) calculation, thus helping justify spending on marketing budgets. codes have also been used at trade shows and in conferences.

Example of Twin Cities real estate home search application Minneapolis St Paul Online Home Search In the property market code design can replace brochure boxes and are used to promote properties as well as online search engines. Approximately 50% of all homes are sold to first time buyers.[citation needed] With the advent and acceptance of mobile technology, it is thought that adding QR codes will enhance their experience and deliver information instantly.

In street art, La Pluma Eléctri*k (street art collective based in Madrid) and Space Invader (from France) are two examples of artists who use it in the street for art purposes.

In July 2009, code design were created for character design and promotional materials in the Shane Acker film 9. The use of QR codes was part of the characters in the movie and culminated into a promotional campaign with unique code design cards, posters and street advertisements on billboards or public transportation for major popular art events. These advertisements were largely focused upon the attendees of the 2009 San Diego Comic Con and 2009 Oscars.

In January 2011, the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum launched a line of museum t-shirts and apparel which feature museum logos and designs on the fronts, and a code design screened on the right back shoulder, which directs to the museum’s web site or artist interviews.

Use in interpretation

code design have been used to interpret natural and historical points of interest on nature trails and walking tours, adding to or replacing expensive signs.[25][26]

Use in entertainment

QR code design are becoming increasingly more innovative and more and more ideas for their use are becoming a reality. LBP.me has created a QR code design for every user generated level in LittleBigPlanet 2 for the PlayStation 3, and all you have to do is print that QR code design out and hold it in front of the PlayStation 3′s dedicated camera, the PlayStation Eye, while the game is running and the game will automatically take you that level on the community page.

Standalone applications

While the adoption of QR code design in some markets has been slow to take off (particularly in markets like the United States where competing standards like Data Matrix exist), the technology is gaining some traction in the smartphone market. Many Android, Nokia, and Blackberry phones come with QR code design readers pre-installed. QR reader software is available for most mobile platforms.