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14th September 2006

The Design Barcode

“…we came up with a way to give barcodes a fun and beautiful makeover, while keeping its functional utility intact. We christened this new type of barcode the ‘Design Barcode’ and pitched it to various manufacturers throughout Japan. As a result, many companies adopted it into their package design, and we helped to turn barcodes into a new channel for companies to communicate to their consumers.”

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14th September 2006

Tom Suzuki, 76, a Designer Who Transformed Textbooks, Dies

“Tom Suzuki, an art director and graphic designer who in the 1970’s transformed academic textbooks by introducing vibrant color and pictorial variety to a genre long strait-jacketed by outdated formats, died on Sept. 3 in Fairfax, Va. He was 76.”

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14th September 2006

Camerapedia.org

“This site is a free-content encyclopedia of camera information, a repository of information about all still camera brands and models. To learn more about this project, read the About Camerapedia.org page. By contributing, you can share your knowledge of camera equipment with everyone. If you would like to add or correct any information on this site, sign up for a user account…”

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