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

The film's code designer, Simon Whiteley, reportedly created the effect by scanning characters from his wife's Japanese cookbooks.

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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 ...

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.