Unique LA | May 12 + 13

Mark your calendars!  LOOMLAB will be showing at next month's Unique LA.  And we will be unveiling some new designs!  Ohh yeah!

F.A.T. Labs | QR HOBO CODES

F.A.T. Labs have take hobo codes into the 21st century.   They have generated QR_HOBO_CODES, a series of one hundred QR stencil designs which, covertly marked in urban spaces, may be used to warn people about danger or clue them into good situations.  

And I quote: These stencils can be understood as a covert markup scheme for urban spaces — providing directions, information, and warnings to digital nomads and other indigenterati. We present these as modern equivalents of the chalk-based "hobo signs" developed by 19th century vagabonds and migratory workers to cope with the difficulty of nomadic life. Indeed, our set of QR stencils port a number of classic hobo annotations to the QR format ("turn right here", "dangerous dog", "food for work") as well as some new ones, with a nod to warchalking, that are specific to contemporary conditions ("insecure wifi", "hidden cameras", "vegans beware").

View all 100 codes, including GPS is incorrect, good veg-burger, great dumpster, bad coffee, unexpectedly good coffee.