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Barcode City:

Interaction between public and exhibition Yidi Yao Tianwei Ye

Main idea/concept Instead of focusing on the curators’ words and make the exhibition become kind of one way communication behavior, this one aims to blur the boundry of the exhibits and the people.

By introducing information technology into the exhibition, the limiation of space and time are breached. The city at a larger scale become the accomodation of the exhibition and are running 24-7 as people interact with each other all the time.

The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds Tate Modern: Exhibition

Basic feasibility: 1.Unique circulation Instead of using traditional pathway, the exhibition will reposition all the items in circulation to provide more choice for public, and at the same time als make them closer to the exhibits.

IKEA Study Model

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product blocks

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Orthogonal Combinition

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entrance & exit

less intersect

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Basic feasibility: 2.Interactive installation distance data collect

distance feedback

installation react

data exchange

Basic feasibility: 2.Interactive installation distance data collect

distance feedback

installation react

The exhibits will mainly be art installations.

data exchange

Basic feasibility: 3.Movies

Basic feasibility: 4.Experiental space

Bi-city Biennale

SPACE

TIME

Break the limitation Expand the exhibition into a larger scale, the city Extend the time to every moment.

Barcode A barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached. Originally barcodes systematically represented data by varying the widths and spacings of parallel lines, and may be referred to as linear or one-dimensional (1D). Later they evolved into rectangles, dots, hexagons and other geometric patterns in two dimensions (2D). Although 2D systems use a variety of symbols, they are generally referred to as barcodes as well. Barcodes originally were scanned by special optical scanners called barcode readers. Later, scanners and interpretive software became available on devices including desktop printers and smartphones.

Barcodes became commercially successful when they were used to automate supermarket checkout systems, a task for which they have become almost universal. Their use has spread to many other tasks that are generically referred to as automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). The very first scanning of the now ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) barcode was on a pack of Wrigley Company chewing gum in June 1974.

Other systems have made inroads in the AIDC market, but the simplicity, universality and low cost of barcodes has limited the role of these other systems until the 2000s (decade), over 40 years after the introduction of the commercial barcode, with the introduction of technologies such as radio frequency identification, or RFID.

Barcode’ four advantages

Speed

Accuracy

Data Integrity

Cost Effectiveness

“I-CITY” Exhibiton Barcode Beauty: i-city architecture exhibit takes QR codes to the next level

An International architecture exhibition which recently opened in Venice, Italy has transformed the QR code into an object of great beauty and enchantment. The exhibit, titled “i-city,” is being featured at the Russia Pavilion through the 25th of November at Venice Biennale.

Designed by SPEECH Techoban /Kuznetsov, the exhibit is designed to showcase the work of the Strolkovo Innovation Center, focusing on scientific research in the areas of IT, Biomed, Energy, Space, Nuclear Tech. As you enter the exhibit you’re provided with a tablet, with which you can scan the codes on the wall to find out information about Strolkovo. It begs the question, will we ever see a future where the walls of buildings covered in barcodes?

Visitors are scanning the codes on the wall to find out information about Strolkovo.

Barcode book At designtide exhibition in tokyo earlier this month, designboom met yuri suzuki who showed a few recent projects: among them - the barcode book. the barcode book by london-based product/sound designer yuri suzuki tells a story through illustrations made with barcodes. sound is played using a barcode reader, connected to a speaker. this project is technically based on 80’s old texas instruments toy ‘magic wand reader’.

MICROSOFT TAG TRANSFORMED INTO INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ART The artist, Lee Billington, is using the 2D barcode in a brilliant way by encoding memories behind a sea of hidden Tags.

Essentially how the exhibit works is that each person is handed a magnetic frame as they enter a room that looks like an ocean of dots. When a frame is placed on the wall, a person can scan the newly created Tag with their phone to unlock a video of someone talking about memories.

I’m not sure if that means they will talk about their own memory, or just talking about how memories are formed or something like that, but it sounds really exciting.

Barcode navigator Rio’s mosaic barcodes help tourists navigate city If you find yourself admiring the pavement mosaics on your next trip to Rio de Janeiro, look a little closer - they could in fact be ‘bar codes’ designed to reveal a wealth of information about the spot you are standing on.

Tourists can download an application to their smartphones or tablets and then photograph the icon.The app then reads the code and takes them to a web site that provides tourist information in Portuguese, Spanish or English, as well as a map of the area.

The information includes the fact that Arpoador enjoys big waves, making it a hot spot for surfing and giving the 500-metre beach nearby the name of “Praia do Diabo”, or Devil’s Beach.