Projects: Selfridge’s Takes Its Staff Communications Digital July 20, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a look inside how digital signage is being used for internal communications by iconic UK retailer Selfridges. AV integrator AVMI has put a high-impact LED wall at the London offices’ “Team Tunnel” and a network of over 30 Samsung Smart Signage screens at Selfridges office and retail locations in Manchester, Birmingham, Leicester and London. …
Projects: Sunset Countdown Focal Point Of UK Grocer’s Summer Digital OOH Campaign July 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a simple but effective use of data to drive home an emotion in a Digital OOH ad campaign- a countdown clock for UK sunsets. The campaign, for the grocer Sainsbury’s, uses live sunset data for local areas associated with major commuter rail stations that have large ad screens. The idea is to tell …
LG Starts Loyalty Program Aimed At Architects, Designers July 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes The Business Solutions of LG’s US operations has started a loyalty program aimed at architects and design consultants, built around providing access to resources, support and training related to commercial display products. The LG PRO Design program is aimed at people who are often involved in the integration decision-making process for large public and commercial projects, from …
Projects: Overhead LEDs Come Alive At Bomb Factory July 17, 2017 by Dave Haynes Here’s a couple of shots of a nice temporary application of LEDs suspended over the crowd at a corporate event staged at a Dallas venue called The Bomb Factory. Live event design and production provider Goalen Group used PixelFLEX 3.9mm LEDs for a supplier awards ceremony held by a big aerospace manufacturer. “We specialize in …
Projects: Interactive Kiosk Does Car Dealer Service Desk’s Work After-Hours June 23, 2017 by Dave Haynes Via Linkedin, here’s a Ford dealer in Albuquerque, NM using an interactive kiosk that does the work of an auto service desk after hours. The Panasonic Smart Service Kiosk handles drop off and payment, and gives you back your keys after said payment, all (I assume) geared to people who can’t do the drop-off or pick-up …
Projects: World’s Largest Office Block Puts 60-Inch Screens In Its Elevators June 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes Elevators is what got me into digital signage waaaay back in 1999, so I am always intrigued by stories of how screens continue to be integrated in elevator cars. The giant Merchandise Mart in Chicago, a commercial building with 4.2 million sq. ft. of floor space, how has screens in 27 elevators – but not small …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Allied Reit – Mirmir’s Well June 22, 2017 by Danica Trapara Every year, Toronto hosts “Scotiabank Nuit Blanche” an overnight art event that takes place across the entire city. In 2015, SapientNitro (now SapientRazorfish) had just moved into their new offices and worked with their landlord, Allied Reit, to come up with something interesting for the lobby of the building. The result: Mimir’s Well, a very …
Projects: 700-Plus Wide Band Of LCDs At Orlando’s Airport June 22, 2017 by Dave Haynes One of the InfoComm Big Canvas sessions I put together last week in Orlando took an in-depth look at the massive video wall steadily being put in place at Orlando’s primary airport. We had Seattle’s Synect, which did the content, RP Visuals, which did the mount structure, and LG, which won the deal for 700 …
Projects: 100 Square Metres OF LED In Lithuanian Cinema Lobby June 19, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is the Forum cinema in Kaunas, Lithuania, which has invested in a big way in 3.9mm pitch LED screens and ambient content around the theatre’s lobby. The set-up was designed and installed by the Italian firm MacroPix. The total resolution is 4K plus and there is about 100 square metres of digital on the walls. …
Some 100 Projectors Used For Immersive Art Experience In Provence June 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes This is a pretty fantastic example of projection mapping done indoors – about 100 video projectors generating images over an area of more than 7,000 sq.m., including the floor, at the Carrières de Lumières, an immersive art gallery in Provence, France. The exhibition runs until January 2018, celebrating the art of Bosch, Brueghel and Arcimboldo. The exhibit …
