Low Rez LEDs Make Big Visual Impact At Revitalized Montreal Office Block November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes I think there is pretty widespread affection for the idea of energizing a building lobby with an LED-filled feature wall, but equally widespread horror at the cost of doing that. Some of the projects that have been done to date – like the work in the lobbies of Salesforce and Netflix – are amazing visually, …
LED Fills Entire Wall At Regional Bank’s Newest Branch November 12, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is a screen grab (video in embedded tweet below) of a direct view LED video wall being tested at a branch of Amerant, a regional, Florida-based community bank. The fine-pitch LED fills the rear wall behind the customer service counters and wraps around a doorway. It is reminiscent of what has been happening in …
Intel Opens Screen-Filled Smart Building Near Tel Aviv November 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes Intel recently opened an awfully nice, screen-filled development center in Petach Tikva, Israel – which is an eastern suburb of Tel Aviv. The 800,000-square-foot, 11-story building brings together 2,000 employees who had been scattered in eight buildings across five campuses. What caught my eye is all of the meeting room sign and directory tech, as …
Now That Coca-Cola Times Square LED Appears To Be Under Repair November 11, 2019 by Dave Haynes Maybe this routine maintenance. Maybe they’re cleaning off city grime. But whatever the case, that ill-fated kinetic Coca-Cola LED display in Times Square had workers and window-cleaner style scaffolding up on Friday. A reader in the city for meetings grabbed a couple of shots, showing numerous that are out and a crew at work. The …
Premium Moviehouse In Oslo Kitted With 100 Displays November 7, 2019 by Dave Haynes A premium cinema in Oslo, Norway has built a lot of the movie-going experience around digital displays, with LED walls and about 100 Scala-driven Philips screens around the entrance lobby, hallways and concessions. The Odeon Kino AS worked with Scala Nordic before the opening last year to get the project live. Scala players drive all …
Giant Information Towers Target Trade Show Attendees In Dortmund November 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes Navigation help and current information are very important in big footprint facilities like convention centers and exhibition halls, so it’s interesting to see the solution that went in this fall at the Messe Dortmund in Germany. Working with the German digital signage software and solutions company dimedis, the Messe put in 18 multi-function information columns – …
Coates Starts Marketing Sleek Self-Service Kiosks For QSR October 31, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Aussie-based, QSR-focused digital signage and retail solutions firm Coates Group has started marketing a self-service screen it says pushes the boundaries on kiosk design. Called the K2, presumably named after the lofty, hard-to-climb Himalayas peak, the touchscreen unit looks like a big, sleek tablet with a payment unit at its bottom. “The release of …
Does MIRROR’s Success Offer New Life To Digital Signage Mirror Displays? October 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes I think it is reasonable to suggest the whole magic mirror/LCD display embedded in mirror glass thing has been something less than a runaway success in digital signage. I see them in “stores of the future” and one-off whiz-bang installs, but don’t get any sense they’re widely installed by or for anyone. Perhaps the mainstreaming …
Puma Opens Screen-Filled Immersive Skill Cube In NYC Flagship Store October 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes A lot of athletic shoe flagship stores in NYC seem to build their signature customer experiences around hoops, which makes sense for many reasons, but Puma’s new flagship is focused instead on what the Brits call footy. The Skill Cube immerses visitors in a room fitted 270° floor to ceiling with narrow bezel LCD screens, supplemented …
Canada’s CBC Fills Election Night Set With Direct-view LED October 29, 2019 by Dave Haynes Canada had its federal election last week – a five week or so sprint of an election instead of the ones south of us, in the US, which seemingly never really end. One of the national broadcasters – the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – had a one-night elections set that heavily used direct view LED to …
