One World Trade Center Adds Giant LED Welcome Wall, 140-Screen Video Mosaic September 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a new exhibit that welcomes visitors to the observatory attraction at the top of One World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, on the site of the twin towers brought down almost 20 years ago on 9/11. Developed and delivered by Montreal creative and tech shop Float4, there is a set of video displays …
Fashion Designer Wang Sets Shopper Mood In NYC With 84-Foot LED Feature Wall September 2, 2021 by Dave Haynes The fashion designer Alexander Wang’s store design team is using floor-to-ceiling direct view LED in the flagship bricks and mortar location in New York, at 103 Grand Street. The newly renovated flagship in SoHo has an 84 foot long LED video well that can do a resolution of 13,320 x 1,440. The big wall is …
Full Building Brand Experience Goal Of Re-opened Kia 360 In Seoul August 27, 2021 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip Invidis for tipping me on this … The South Korean car manufacturer Kia has redesigned and reopened a dedicated brand experience building in Seoul, dubbed Kia 360 and filled with digital displays that showcase its vehicles, as well as mobility solutions. The space was previously known as BEAT360, but having the brand name …
It Takes 12 Techs And Seven Days To Service, Optimize That Huge New LED Wall At The LVCC August 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes The deployment and field services firm USSI Global has pushed out an interesting press release about its role in dealing with that massive video wall that’s been lit up in the lobby of the new part of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Samsung has already put out a lot of material about the 4mm LED …
NanoLumens Broadens Offer, Adds Fixed-Size All-In-One LED Display Bundles August 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes Atlanta-based LED manufacturer NanoLumens has joined the growing list of display makers who have broadened the product line to include all-in-one bundled displays. NanoLumens had its start, like most LED companies, with larger, free-form tiled LED module systems that could be built to conform to whatever dimension was necessary – ideally a large dimension with …
Saudi’s Expo Dubai Pavilion Includes Huge 1,300 Sq. M. LED Jutting From Ground August 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes The 2020 Expo in Dubai got pushed off by a year-plus by COVID-19, but is set to open in the UAE in October – with one of the biggest physical attractions the Saudi Arabia Pavilion. The boxy building rises at a sharp angle from the sand, and features LED light strips on the outer faces …
Korean University Uses LED-embedded Building Glass With Near 99%+ Transparency August 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a video of architectural glass with embedded RGB LEDs that still offer 99%+ transparency – in this case at a university building in South Korea. There may well be engineering, supply and cost reasons why architects and building engineers say this sort of thing is not feasible, but it certainly seems there is …
Cleveland Sports Fans Get Amped For Games Walking Through LED Power Portal August 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes Cleveland sports fans will know about the Power Portal LED tunnel at the city’s main sports arena, but it is new to me – and likely many digital signage people. Lit up two years ago, it is one of the main entry passageways into the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, home of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. The …
An LED Butterfly, Or Maybe Dragonfly, Lands At South China Airport August 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting solution to an architectural problem faced by whatever media company has the concession at the international airport in the southern Chinese city of Kunming. The big bulkhead between the up and down escalators is visually interrupted by a very large vertical support column. The standard solution would be to put separate …
Florida Developer Using LED Video Wall To Make Statement About Big Mixed-Use Project August 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The developers of a big mixed-use site in Coral Gables, FL put in a giant fine pitch LED display in the main office tower lobby to make a statement about the project. The developer, Agave Ponce, wanted the display to make it clear the property was unique for the area. Mediterranean-styled Plaza Coral Gables is …
