Projects: SoCal University Fixes Digital Signage Budget Problem And Starts Course In Process April 27, 2016 by Super User Students at Southern California’s University of LaVerne have turned a problem into a small business – developing a low-cost digital signage solution for the campus library and in the process realizing the same set-up could be offered to area businesses. The library wanted to expand its messaging capability, but the commercial solution being used by the …
Projects: Delaware North Wraps New HQ Reception In LED April 26, 2016 by Super User This is the new 10th floor headquarters lobby of the sports, gaming and hospitality company Delaware North, in downtown Buffalo. The architects have built in a 74-foot long by 2-foot high strip of 4mm LED modules around the reception desk. “When we first began discussing ideas for the reception area, the architect suggested light boxes,” says Kerry …
Projects: Two-Level Video Wall At Dior Flagship in SF’s Union Square April 21, 2016 by Super User Photo Credit: Kristen Pelou / Dior This is the new Christian Dior flagship store in San Francisco, which has a two-level video wall bisected by a set of stairs. The side wall mirrors amplify the visuals. The shop at 185 Post Street, in the Union Square district, is a historic building that has had its …
Projects: Toronto’s Mount Sinai Switches On Massive Digital Donor Wall April 18, 2016 by Super User Donor walls are a big part of many hospitals – used to thank companies and individuals who support the organization’s work and facilities. For years, these walls were plaques or printed graphics, but lately, they’ve gone digital, and this has to be one of the bigger ones out there. Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital has turned on 50 …
Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska April 18, 2016 by Super User Raising Nebraska is a 25,000 square foot, interactive digital-heavy exhibit on the state fairgrounds that’s designed to help visitors better understand and appreciate that state’s big industry, its advances, and the impact it has locally and globally. Located in Grand Island, about three hours west of Omaha, the exhibit was put together and is now …
Projects: Visualized Butterflies Tell Time For Yorkdale Shoppers April 13, 2016 by Super User Here’s a nice example of simple, but visually interesting visualized data being done at Yorkdale, which is very arguably the ritziest shopping mall in Canada. Cineplex Digital Media works with the Toronto mall and its parent company, Oxford Properties, on the digital screens around the various shopping centres aOxford has across the country. To show shoppers …
Projects: Ryerson’s Tidy, Minimalist And Effective Digital Signage Set-Up April 11, 2016 by Super User People who know me will be amused as hell by the notion of me attending a fashion show. But I have been to several in recent years, because I have a nephew who is at Ryerson’s fashion school in Toronto. The 4th year students have a major year-end show that attracts a lot of fashion industry …
Are Retail Designers & Architects Not Feeling The In-Store Digital Thing? April 8, 2016 by Super User There’s a really good blog on retail design I monitor through its regular tweets – with me looking mostly for featured projects that use digital displays in the design. I’ve been watching the feed for many weeks now – and seen scores of projects pop up, from around the world – and almost none of …
Projects: Sephora Switches On Digital-Laden Flash Store In Paris April 4, 2016 by Super User Sephora has opened up a digital-heavy, small footprint shop in Paris that builds screens into the visual environment and uses different interactive tools to let shoppers get at what’s not physically stocked at the location. Developed by one of Sephora’s agencies, called Intangibles, the store near Paris City Hall is just 140 square metres, whereas …
Projects: Kuwait Petroleum’s VIP Lounge Experience March 30, 2016 by Super User This is the new VIP Executive Lounge Experience at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, that country’s biggest national oil company. The company, which has annual revenues of something like $250 billion, wanted a space for execs and guests that was luxurious and comfy, but also reinforced the company and brand through visuals. Dubai-based solutions provider 2point0 Concepts were …
