Barcodes Gussied Up

from The Wall Street Journal
Art in Aisle 5: Barcodes Enter Expressionist Period
By SARAH NASSAUER
Design Barcodes Inc. (man, skyline); Vanity Barcodes LLC (3)
Some proposed barcode designs, from left, depict a hand mixer, jelly beans, skyline, school bus and trousers.
Package design has become so artful, it has come to this: Even the barcode, the style runt of product [...]