Magna Puts Vast Immersive Meeting Space On Auto Plant Floor August 14, 2018 by Super User This is a seriously whizzy-bangy meeting room space that’s interesting mainly because it is located in the heart of the production floor of a contract auto manufacturer. I’ve been in an auto plant and with everything happening, everywhere, it’s a dirty, power-spiking, really challenging place to be dropping in a lot of high-tech visual systems. …
Big Video Walls Help Market Mercedes Lux Cars In Pop-up Mall Dealerships August 13, 2018 by Super User This is a shot from one of a pair of Mercedes Benz pop-up stores set up for two months this summer in high-end shopping malls in Miami and Chicago – using some 60 displays in each to create some visual interest and excitement in relatively small footprint spaces. The digital signage aspect of the stores …
Mind Steadily Blown In Moment Factory Tour August 8, 2018 by Super User Almost 20 years in this industry and more trade shows than I can count has left me a little jaded, and tough to impress, but my tiny little mind was steadily blown during a 90 minute tour Tuesday around the Montreal head office and studio of Moment Factory. The company is, arguably, the top experiential …
Podcast: How Moment Factory Became One Of The World’s Top Multimedia Agencies August 8, 2018 by Super User Two more podcast interviews went sideways on me – at the last minute – in the past week. But as I type this, I have two and perhaps three set up for the next 24 hours, here in Montreal. So … we’re in rerun mode again this week. But it is a GREAT repeat chat. …
Video: “In NY, We Go Up” Creative At Footlocker Flagship August 3, 2018 by Super UserThis is a nice, sync’d set of animations done by motion graphic designer Steven D’Arbenzio, who works in the NY/NJ area. “I was given the awesome opportunity to create an animated mural for Footlocker’s flagship store in Times Square, NYC,” says D’Arbenzio. “The ask was to create artwork that spoke to the strength, resilience, and …
Tokyo’s Narita Airport Has Video Wall Ode To Toliets, Using Low-Rez LEDs And Fabric Panels July 31, 2018 by Super Userhttps://youtu.be/mmgWUMyrNhI This is something called Luminous Textiles – a Philips product that blends multi-coloured LEDs with fabric panels. I’ve seen stuff a bit like this using relatively low-rez LED modules and a layer of film that diffuses and softens the light. In this case, it’s for a working exhibit at Tokyo’s Narita airport that celebrates …
Moment Factory Director Presenting At DSF’s Next Mixer, Week Tomorrow In Montreal July 31, 2018 by Super User If you work in Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City or even upstate New York and Vermont, have a think about getting into Montreal next Wednesday for the Digital Signage Federation’s Meet and Greet mixer. The August 8th evening event will have a lot of great networking, and a presentation on Digital Placemaking For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities by …
Watch This Very Impressive 3D Animation Done For Rolls-Royce Stand July 30, 2018 by Super User Here’s another video in which I’m short on details. This is from the Rolls-Royce exhibit at the recent Farnborough air show in the UK. I spotted it on Linkedin. The company used a big fine pitch LED cube and very clever three-dimensional graphics to market a component for its jet engines. What’s intriguing is that …
Moving LED Curtain Used To Market Luxury Car July 30, 2018 by Super UserNot sure where this was – guessing somewhere in China. The video just says it is a road show. It’s a podium display for a Mercedes, and what’s interesting is how a NexNovo transparent LED mesh screen is attached to some sort of motorized channel that moves along the front of the podium, with the …
LED Canopies, Facades, Columns And Bulkheads Sync’d To Light Up New Madrid Mall July 27, 2018 by Super UserThis is what looks to be a very impressive integration of big digital into a shopping mall environment, at a new development in Madrid, Spain. Plaza Rio 2 is a 40,000 sq. meter retail and leisure development along a riverfront. The gateway is a blonde granite and glass curtain façade, with terracing, and a very …
