Phil Cohen New Head Of Digital Signage Federation January 17, 2013 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation has done its annual board vote, and Phil Cohen of Care Media has been pegged as the new Chairman. Consultant/trainer Alan Brawn becomes Chairman Emeritus, Kim Sarubbi of Saddle Ranch Digital shifts to Vice Chairman and Ken Goldberg (Real Digital Media) is the Secretary/Treasurer. Carre Dawson (Harris), Jeff Dowell (3M), Brian …
Digital Signage Makes Kids Eat Their Broccoli January 15, 2013 by Super User Entering the digital signage sector as a vendor these days requires a lot of careful thinking about what niches still exist out there. Not many, I’d think. But there are some clever people putting together products and services that go right at problems, and coming up with what at least look nice solutions. Like Nutrislice. …
Video: Electronic Paper Gets Interactive, But Still Pretty Rough January 7, 2013 by Super User Electronic ink and e-paper technology has been around for more than a decade now, and while there have been some great strides, it’s pretty clear there is still a loooong way to go before this display technology takes more than a very basic role in digital signage projects. This is a video from the Human …
Project Video: Barneys-Disney-Christie Spectacular In NYC December 17, 2012 by Super User Christie MicroTiles and Disney light-up Barneys New York “Electric Holiday” window displays from Christie on Vimeo. Here’s a video than runs through the Disney project running at Barneys in New York through the holiday season. The video is bankrolled by Christie, which has supplied the MicroTiles used to drive the visuals on the huge canvas …
Red Stripe Takes Brand Experience To A Corner Shop November 28, 2012 by Super User This is just terrific. Jamaican beer brand Red Stripe worked with ad agency KesselsKramer (along with Stinkdigital director Greg Brunkalla and creative technology consultancy Hirsch&Mann) on a fun brand experience set-up in a London corner shop. The clever people behind it rigged merchandised products and objects in the shop to start playing a classic piece …
Project Profiles: Barneys Lights Up Massive Holiday Display Using MicroTiles November 15, 2012 by Super User The holiday season is underway in New York City and the windows of the larger, flashier stores are getting dressed up once again. One of the most, at least seemingly, ambitious projects this year appears to be a massive multimedia installation at Barneys. The fashion retailer’s flagship store at 660 Madison Avenue has several configurations …
Damn, They’re Low On Full Sail Hopfenfrisch! November 15, 2012 by Super User A reader saw the post a few weeks back about a digital menu board for beers on tap, and pointed out there is another company also doing that – with some pretty clever enhancements. Portland-based Digital Pour has a menu board that shows what’s on tap in a bar, but is also the front-end of …
Women In AV Asking Sector To Get Involved To Help Sandy Victims November 14, 2012 by Super User The group Women In AV, which has a pretty self-explanatory handle, is promoting some modest efforts to help the victims of Sandy in some modest but compelling ways. They have distributed a letter asking the AV industry to pitch in, starting with some donations that will help people who don’t have liveable homes (or in …
Project Profile: Queue Content Gets DSA’s Content Crown November 12, 2012 by Super User TEP VQ from Two West on Vimeo. Kansas City-based firm Two West does a lot of work for Sprint (also based in KC), including creative that won the DSA Crown last week for Point of Wait (less than $10,000 budget). The work was for Total Equipment Protection, one of the spots used by Sprint in its “merchantainment” channel intended …
Project Profile: Guessing Spice Program Gets DSA Crown November 12, 2012 by Super User The DSA Crown Award for Point of Sale with s content budget of $10,000 or more went to McCormick for its Guess That Spice, with content done by 5th Screen Digital Services and using HP hardware. Spices giant McCormick & Company Inc. opened the doors to its first retail destination, McCormick World of Flavors, in Baltimore’s Inner …
