Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, has said he used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design.

QR code, short for Quick Response Code, is a kind of matrix barcode that includes information about a product or service. You can find it being used for advertising purposes, where brands put up ...

Simon Whiteley, the production designer behind the code, has said he used his wife's Japanese cookbooks to help create the design. In early 2026, social media users circulated a claim that the iconic ...