Nike Says It’s Transforming Sports Retail With New SOHO Store November 16, 2016 by Super User Nike just opened a new store in New York City’s Soho neighborhood that really pushes the idea of experiential retail – using massive digital visuals and tapping into sensors for real-time feedback. Nike Soho is a five-storey, multi-sport, 55,000-square-foot store at 529 Broadway at Spring Street. I THINK I tried to go in to it last …
Projects: Instagram Lights Up New HQ With Lobby Displays November 15, 2016 by Super User Via Business Insider Here’s a peek inside Instagram’s recently opened new offices in Silicon Valley, up the road from the main offices of its masters, Facebook. As you can see from the main image, the design by Gensler went big on photos in large digital display clusters in the lobby. The company is also using …
Maybe Big Indoor LED Canvases Don’t Need To Have Crazy-Fine Pixel Pitches? November 9, 2016 by Super User I’m in New York for the InfoComm Connections conference today, and I suspect it will be a very interesting day to be in the city, given the events of last night. I had a chance Tuesday to do a big walk around to look at a bunch of installations, and the things that struck me are …
Cineplex Digital Media Rolling Out Digital OOH Display Network in Canada’s Ivanhoe Cambridge Malls November 7, 2016 by Super User Cineplex Digital Media has announced it won an RFP process to install, maintain and operate a digital OOH display network at 21 Ivanhoé Cambridge shopping centres across Canada. The network involves nearly 230 digital displays at Ivanhoé Cambridge mall properties across Canada. The display solution is a combination of double-sided 86-inch “Floor Media” displays, as well as displays on …
Spanish Travel Guide Projection Maps Country’s Cuisine At Launch Party November 4, 2016 by Super User We’ve seen lots of great example of projection mapping on grand scales – on buildings and monuments – but nowhere nears as many that go indoors and use small, much more intimate settings to play with visuals. Here’s a great one, though, from the 2016 launch party this summer of the latest version of Repsol, …
80 Million Experiential Pixels Now Lit Up At Dubai Outdoor Retail Complex October 28, 2016 by Super User The Society For Experiential Graphic Design has its annual xLab conference on even as I type this, but I’m back at HQ and missing the event (but not missing flying out of NYC on a Friday evening … ugh). I did, however, take in a pre-conference event while still in the city Thursday afternoon – …
E Ink Displays And RFID Cards Guide, Educate Visitors At Estonian National Museum October 19, 2016 by Super User The Estonian National Museum is using a clever mix of electronic ink displays and RFID to allow visitors to learn about Estonian culture in their preferred language. The museum has put in more than 600 E Ink displays – from Kindle-sized up to 32-inch units – to use for visitor information. Each display application interacts with RFID tickets, …
Projects: National WWII Museum Issues Digital Dog Tags October 17, 2016 by Super User I was in New Orleans for a few days last week, and felt lucky to have the time to tour the National World War Two Museum that has become a huge attraction in that city. It has been around for a few years , and recently added some new digital wrinkles I thought were worth sharing. …
Pic: Here’s A Shot Of That Almost-Endless Video Wall At Orlando Airport September 29, 2016 by Super User I wrote yesterday about the 1,500+ foot, one by very many video wall put in at Orlando’s airport, behind the airline counters/ This a pic from one of the vendors as it was going up. Won’t say who just in case that violates some PR agreement. In two words: very nice.
AT&T’s New San Francisco Flagship Includes Giant “Fluid Art” Digital Bulkhead September 28, 2016 by Super User The new store, at 1 Powell Street, is next to the popular trolley cable car turnaround area. It is AT&T’s largest retail store in the U.S., and will serve as the company’s West Coast flagship. This historic San Francisco building, built in 1908, has been restored back to its original Baroque architectural design. The store design and merchandising elements draft …
