Sixteen:Nine’s Best Of 2017 December 21, 2017 by Dave Haynes I’m working with a UK company on formal awards – and at some point I might actually have time to review the entries (there are numerous judges) – but I have my own thoughts on what impressed me in the past year. Going down the list, which is not in any order, most of these …
See How A Lexus Gets Lit Up And Reactive With 42,000 LEDs December 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Tom McGowan … This is about a year old but the first I’ve seen of an interesting car launch promo – tied in with a music video – that uses almost 42,000 hand-applied programmable LEDs to light up a Lexus luxury sedan. Three distinct modes, says a press release, allow the LIT IS …
16:9 Projects Podcast: 127 Feet Of Amazing Experiential LED At Chicago’s 150 N. Riverside December 15, 2017 by Danica Trapara Chicago’s 150 Media Stream is a 127-foot long and 19-foot high permanent installation in the lobby of the new 150 North Riverside office building. It is comprised of 89 individual vertical LED displays or ‘blades’ creating a canvas of over 3,000 square feet. The content is driven by an ‘intelligent content library’ that constantly changes …
Delta Displays Touts Series Of Standardized 16:9 LED Set-Ups December 12, 2017 by Dave Haynes Fine pitch LED displays tend to be fitted to the necessary display area – like a lobby or feature wall area that is some sort of rectangle. They’re sold by modules and all those modules tile together to create the necessary shape. So it’s interesting to see a company marketing a solution that is based …
That Giant Coca-Cola Board In Times Square Has Stopped Shape-Shifting December 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes My New York out of home industry friend spent about 15 minutes today in Times Square watching the monster 3D robotic Coca-Cola billboard, and reported back that it is still big, but it’s not robotic at all at the moment. The whole time he watched, no movements on the board. One LED module was out, …
Hospital Deep In Hot, Bone-Dry Mojave Desert Gets Waterfall Feature, Via LEDs December 7, 2017 by Dave Haynes A U.S. Army Medical Command facility built a waterfall in the Mojave Desert to create a soothing feature in the building’s lobby – but used LED displays instead of real water. The Weed Army Community Hospital at Fort Irwin, California – located in an area that gets insanely hot through part of year – worked …
Media Studies College Makes Giant Trapezoidal LED Display Lobby Centerpiece December 6, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is the lobby of the new home for the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) on the campus of Georgia State University, with the focal point a 34-foot wide trapezoidal curved LED display. The downtown Atlanta building is home to the university’s digital media and film industries studies. “Our new Creative Media Industries Institute building …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Jin Fan, ClearLED December 6, 2017 by Dave Haynes One of my big takeaways from the trade show circuit earlier this year was my conclusion that transparent LED was starting to look really good. If you’re not with me on what that is, think LED displays that are a bit reminiscent of window blinds, with the LED lights on the louvers. What you end …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Antoine Doublet, Deepsky November 29, 2017 by Dave Haynes The last interview and meeting I took on my recent trip to Asia, getting a crash course on the technology and manufacturers doing fine pitch LED, was with Deepsky. The LED display startup is based in Hong Kong, but has deep French roots, as you’ll be able to pick up easily in the accent of …
Denver’s Airport Turns On 1,000-Foot Hybrid LED Light And Digital OOH Display Feature November 28, 2017 by Dave Haynes If the video auto-plays, my apologies. I looked at the HTML and it didn’t give me any clues on how to shut that off! This is a new digital OOH advertising feature along the highway leading into Denver’s international airport, which is way, way, waaaaay east of the city. There is a 1,000-foot span of LED …
