KC’s New Airport Has Lots Of Digital, Including Real-Time Toilet Availability Screens February 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Kansas City gets a new airport terminal next week, and the airport’s operators have published a lengthy preview video that takes viewers through the $1.5 billion facility. I mention this because like a lot of new or refurbished airport terminals going up these days, there’s a lot of digital being used. As noted a lot …
German Manufacturer Switches Factory Entry Signs From Analog To Digital To Guide, Promote February 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes The German metal and plastics processing company Schütz has switched our analog for digital on the signposts for its factory, enabling signs first intended for navigation to also do branding and promotions. Our German language content partners at invidis have a post up about the how Schütz worked with integrator Tennagels Medientechnik to put in …
LED Wall’s Generative Artwork Responds To Customers At H&M London Flagship February 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes The fashion retail brand H&M’s Regent Street flagship is using generative artwork on a giant LED wall that fills the full rear wall of the store on one of London’s fancier shopping streets. “Digital experience designers” Hirsch & Mann collaborated with the creative coding studio Variable to create a constantly evolving, generative artwork that interacts …
Saudi Gov’t Backing 400 Meter Tall Cube Building With Digital Interior Walls Driving Visual Experience February 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Saudi government has announced an ambitious new development on the outskirts of Riyadh that has, as its centerpiece, a giant 400 meter high cube with interior walls that are digital and intended to be experiential. The overall New Murabba project will cover an area of 19 square kms, featuring some 104,000 residential units, 9,000 …
Real Estate Services Giant Uses 24-Foot Lobby LED Wall, Generative Data, To Inspire Staff And Guests At New DC Offices February 17, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is a nice fit-to-size LED video wall in the new Washington, DC offices lobby of real estate services giant Cushman & Wakefield – a 24-foot wide canvas running generative art. The video wall is central to the experience for both employees and visitors, says the Chicago creative shop behind it, Next/Now: A larger-than-life LED …
That Giant LED-Clad Orb In Las Vegas To Launch With U2 Concert Residency This Fall February 13, 2023 by Dave Haynes That giant LED-clad orb now getting finished off inside and out in Las Vegas will launch later this year with the Irish rock band U2 in “residency” with a series of live concerts. The MSG Sphere has been going up for at least a couple of years – perhaps more – over by that giant …
Transparent LED Steadily Improving, But The Backside View Remains A Challenge February 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes Several years of going to pro AV shows has allowed me to track the progression of display technologies like transparent LED, and while they have come a long, long way, it’s still important for people to understand the visual limitations. In other words, what looks great now from the front doesn’t necessarily look so hot …
Valley Bank Uses Big, Curved Staccato LED Feature In New NYC Flagship Branch February 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes The U.S. regional financial company Valley Bank used a 70-foot curved LED inside its new Manhattan flagship branch to make a big statement in that market and drive awareness of its brand and services. The display wall is entirely inside, but fully visible through glass curtain walls at the branch, on a Fifth Avenue corner …
A Peek Behind The Walls Of Samsung’s Black Fortress At ISE 2023 February 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes As noted in a couple of earlier ISE posts from the show last week, Samsung made what many thought was the curious decision to restrict admission to its booth – putting much of what was available to see behind black walls and making attendees register for scheduled, curated tours. Those who registered were not allowed …
Scoreboard-Sized LED Wall Greets Student Athlete Prospects At Univ. Of Florida February 7, 2023 by Dave Haynes US college athletics programs – particularly football and basketball – are highly, highly competitive, and a lot of effort and money goes into developing training and locker room facilities that make student athletes commit to attending and playing for a school. Bling is increasingly a big part of the recruitment process – with top college …
