I came across a quite outstanding reflection amidst the isolation. The Barcelona-based RETOKA , responded to the quarantine situation with a very thoughtful poster series.
During these quarantine days, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we took a breath and decided to make a series of posters inspired by the most common words and hashtags related to this problem.
We have drawn the lines with barcodes of the words themselves. These codes have been generated following the standard Code-39 ASCII. It is our little tribute to hope, collaboration, solidarity, fight, resistance and to all heroes of the sanitary personnel. We must flatten the contagion curve and win this battle.
According to the mode of action of the barcodes, it is not the black lines but the white ones in-between them are what’s important: the scanner processes the light reflected by them. The white lines of different width allow us to display every character, including numbers and letters in this “language”.
The creators put the barcodes displaying the expressions that are the most frequently in the current situation on the posters.
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Favorite interiors of the week_03
From now on, we will share the most gorgeous, inspiring and the coolest
interiors that we’ve come across in the past few days. This week, we brought you
an eclectic selection, with fictional places that are taking us far away, at
least in our imagination.
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SheltAir | Isolation tents for coronavirus patients
These airtight tents suitable to accommodate and isolate an entire family can be
erected within eight hours. The construction designed by German architectural
engineer Gregory Quinn was inspired by Bedouin tents and soon they may be used
in a wide scale.
One of the greatest challenges coronavirus imposed on us
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CSŐ! | The neon sign "FÜRDŐ" got a refresh
Luca Patkós’s CSŐ! project, the aim of which is to save and preserve neon signs
in Budapest for posterity, has entered into a new life stage recently: owing to
all the posters purchased, the first restored sign, FÜRDŐ (Bath) located under
Kürt utca 4., is all finished up and