Embedded LED Lights Up Huge Glass Diamond At Chinese Mega-Mall Entry May 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes This may be the most impressive application I’ve seen to date that uses LED embedded in glass curtain walls – a shopping mall in China that has a vast, irregular-shaped glass curtain wall at its main entry. The structure is a little bit diamond-shaped, a little bit seemingly inspired by architect Frank Gehry’s work. There …
Unilumin Running Two-Day Partner Event Next Week In NYC May 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes If you are in New York next week, one of the larger LED display manufacturers on the planet is having a two-day partner event and showcase at its experience center on West 31st Street. The May 10-11 event is intended as a way for the China-based Unilumin’s US partners to network with clients, and to …
LED Display Market Seeing Double-Digit Growth, But LCD Market Still Has Life: Omdia May 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes The research firm Omdia expects the LED video display market to grow at a 12.1% CAGR clip over the next three years, but notes there is still plenty of life left for at least some aspects of the LCD public display market because of the cost delta between fine pitch LED and LCD. From Omdia’s …
More than 200 Displays Guide, Inform Rail Passengers At New Grand Central Madison In NYC May 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes A lot of mass transport infrastructure in the New York area has seen serious, much-needed upgrades in the last few years, and the latest is a new part of the Grand Central rail station that finally gives access to the Long Island rail system from the east side of Manhattan. For decades, if you were …
UK Garbage Trucks Used As Rolling Digital Billboards May 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes A reader sent along shots of a bin lorry (garbage truck) that doubles up as a rolling LED billboard. Ads on the sides of these trucks, and commercial trucks in general,are not new, but I’ve not seen ones using LED displays instead of static print in poster frames or stick-on vinyl graphics. A company called …
Irregular Stacked LED Totem In Window Attracts Attention For Perfume Brand’s Store May 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes Digital window displays are increasingly common, but I’ve not seen many that really play with the shape to attract attention. This is a uniquely-shaped LED set-up used by the luxury perfume brand Xerjoff for shops in Milan. The irregular stacked display uses a custom metal frame developed by the Italian solutions provider Getled. The LED …
Watch This Video On How An Apparel Brand Uses Dynamic LED Lighting To Drive Experience May 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes This video (below) does a nice job showing how simple LED lighting strips can add a lot of visual interest to businesses like retail. It is used by Stradivarius, a retail chain that sells women’s apparel (not priceless, centuries-old violins). It’s a Spanish company, part of a larger group that also owns Zara. The design studio …
Text Messages Drive Experiential Wish Fountain At San Diego Office Building April 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes In the days before fine pitch LED video walls, property developers often put fountains into the ground floor lobbies of office towers as an amenity and attraction. Here’s a very different kind of fountain – made with machined wood and LED lighting – to deliver an experience at a San Diego office building. Developed by …
Big New LED Being Lit Up On Northern Gateway To Vegas Strip April 27, 2023 by Dave Haynes Big LED displays are about as common in Las Vegas as tipsy flocks of hen partiers wobbling along sidewalks on too-high heels, but every so often a new one goes up that’s a bit different and interesting – like this new one up at the top end of the strip. The NJ-based outdoor media firm …
How About An LED Video Wall That Folds Into A Golf Bag-Sized Roller Case? April 26, 2023 by Dave Haynes A Chinese LED display manufacturer has started marketing a solution that puts a totem-sized video display for the rental and portable market inside a roller case that’s roughly the size of those used by traveling golfers. As demo’d on Linkedin, the set-up from the Shenzhen company KX Display is stored in a heavy-duty travel case …
