It’s Showing Its Age, But This Taiwan Bank’s Lobby Has One Of The Best Digital Signage Installs On The Planet August 27, 2019 by Dave Haynes It’s showing its age a bit, but an experiential media installation in Taipei is easily one of the best digital signage projects I’ve seen … anywhere. IAdea’s John Wang ran me over from his office in a tech-heavy office park to a big office tower complex that is home to the financial services firm China …
That LED Barge Bobbing Around Manhattan Now Limited To Static Ads August 26, 2019 by Dave Haynes Via Billboard Insider … That floating LED billboard barge that’s been bobbling along the waterways surrounding Manhattan now has to comply with the same sorts of rules and regs for LED boards on New York highways. New legislation signed by that state’s governor effectively says ads running on the screen have to be static – …
Invidis Finds A Near-Perfect Digital Signage Project In Moscow Airport August 24, 2019 by Dave Haynes Florian Rotberg, of the Munich-based digital signage consulting and events firm Invidis, is almost constantly traveling, and sees a whole lot of stuff. He passed through Moscow recently and in the wake of that trip, published what he calls an Invidis “site inspection” of the LED installations that have gone in at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. …
LED Light Bars Turn Chicago Parkade Into Dynamic-Data Light Show August 22, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is kinda sorta digital signage, and kinda not, but an interesting take on blending building lighting with dynamic data feeds to create a constantly changing visual canvas. The side of a parking garage in Chicago’s central business district now has a 95-foot-long weather art installation called Sensing Change, that converts real-time weather data into …
Narrow Pitch LED Video Wall Market Grew By 33% In 2018; US Tariffs Have China’s Manufacturers Looking Elsewhere August 21, 2019 by Dave Haynes The global LED video wall market is booming, according to new research, but the predominantly Chinese manufacturers are pivoting to open up new markets as the Trump government continues to apply (or threaten to apply) new tariffs. The global market hit revenues of $5.7 billion last year, with year-on-year double digit growth expected out to …
Taipei’s Planned Twin Towers Are Ground-To-Roof LED Media Facades August 19, 2019 by Dave Haynes A few months ago, a New York journalist rang me up, asking about that LED advertising barge that had started running along the Hudson and East Rivers as a floating billboard. I told the guy I was not surprised many New Yorkers hated the thing, but said that was potentially just the start of what …
Giant Wraparound LED Upgrades Messaging At Sydney’s Convention Center August 12, 2019 by Dave Haynes This is well done – a wrap-around LED display board that addresses multiple needs at a convention center in Sydney, Australia. The new LED display at the International Convention Centre Sydney is 47.5 sq. meters – 19m wide by 2.5m tall, and sitting above some existing print signage. The screen in the ICC Sydney foyer …
Cruise Line’s Mega-Ship Includes Dining Hall With Experiential LED Walls August 9, 2019 by Dave Haynes The Spectrum of the Seas, a new mega-cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International, uses big direct view LED screens to great effect in its main dining room. The three level dining area can feed more than 1,800 people at once. Passengers walk in from two decks, via a 16-meter-long LED corridor. For …
NanoLumens’ Joe’ Lloyd On How Integrators View The LCD vs LED Video Wall Decision July 31, 2019 by Dave Haynes I sometimes get white papers and research that a vendor hopes I report on or talk about, and then decide against it because the information is hopelessly skewed in favor of that vendor. It’s a bit like those recipe pamphlets that suggest you don’t just add a cup of this, it has to be specifically …
Iconic Philly Department Store Building Adds Gorgeous LED Digital Entry Canopy July 30, 2019 by Dave Haynes Love this – the main entry to an iconic old department store building in Philadelphia was updated with a digital canopy and flanking displays, and now runs gorgeous custom creative. The former Lit Brothers Department Store was a cultural landmark that operated for nearly a century in Philly before closing its doors. Now renovated, revitalized, and …
