Artisan running Good, Bad and Ugly GlobalShop review April 6, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis is interesting and quite clever. The Toronto merchandising and design firm Artisan Complete is doing a Globalshop Review on Friday, over lunch, at its studio at 331 Amber Street in Markham. We will walk you through a summary of this years Outstanding Merchandising Achievement Awards, highlighting the best design (and some bad) work from …
Rise Vision sponsoring next Toronto industry mixer. Register now. April 4, 2011 by Dave HaynesByron Darlison and his crew at Rise Vision are the sponsors for the May 10th digital signage/digital out of home media network mixer in Toronto. Rise has been in the software business for almost 20 years and in recent years has carved out a name for itself as one of the real innovators, steadily building …
Update: sponsor for next Toronto industry mixer in place March 31, 2011 by Dave HaynesLooks like we already have a sponsor lined up, yippee, for the May digital signage/Digital OOH industry mixer. A local company has graciously stepped up to be the host sponsor. Details to follow but first I will get EventBrite all tweaked up so we can make better use of it for registration, contacts, etc. Forget …
DSE Industry Forum sponsors filled, but still adding guests March 31, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe DSE Industry Forum set for mid-May in the Tampa-St. Pete area has sold out its 16 sponsor slots and is now in the throes of rounding out its list of attendees willing to speed-date with vendors in return for a nice golf and relax getaway. The sponsor list is heavy on the display side …
Next Toronto mixer targeted for May 10th March 30, 2011 by Dave HaynesThe Red Sox are in town playing the Jays a few blocks over, so traffic might be a little messy, but I think May 10th is still as good a date as any for the next Toronto digital signage and Digital OOH industry mixer. It will run at the same place as we did it …
Battery-powered displays and kiosks cut the cord March 25, 2011 by Dave HaynesChester Niziol had me up to the Toronto-area R&D digs of one of his companies, ideaLAB, something like a year ago to show me a prototype of a display he was working on that ran off nothing but batteries for a full business day. It was a little bulky and prototypey (invented word), but I …
Video: 3D projection mapping on Sydney Opera House March 22, 2011 by Dave HaynesHere’s video of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra finale from Sunday night at the Sydney Opera House. As it is described: The art of real-time visual technology meets modernist architecture as audio-reactive graphic projections and live digital painting simultaneously canvas the interior and exterior of the iconic building with parallel projection shows. Done by Obscura Digital.
Very cool: 3D Projection-Mapping Blasted From Half-mile Out To Sydney Opera House Sails March 18, 2011 by Dave HaynesThis looks pretty spankin’ amazing on a bunch of levels. A week-long music festival in Sydney, Australia will culminate with a performance at the city’s iconic concert hall by the YouTube Symphony Orchestra – some 100 classical musicians from around the globe who auditioned online to be part of this event. The big concert on …
A call for lanyards and badge-holders March 9, 2011 by Dave HaynesBased on a lot of feedback from the big Preset Group Mixer in Lost Wages a coupla weeks ago, the Toronto mixer last night featured the amazing new innovation of name tags – with names scrawled with a Sharpie on the $5 “Hello, My Name is …” stick-on your chest things I got at Zeller’s …
MediaPost's DOOH Forum in April taking shape March 9, 2011 by Dave HaynesMediaPost held what looked to be a very successful Digital OOH Forum last year in NYC, and this year’s version on April 14th appears to be coming together. Agenda highlights include: Opening Keynote Presentation – Target’s Video Game Reinvention Kiosks With Chris Borek, Senior Manager, Interactive Multi-Channel Experience, Target, and Trevor Kaufman, CEO, Possible Worldwide Me – …