Projects: Nanonation Takes On Raising Nebraska April 18, 2016 by Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 Dave Haynes 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 …
Projects: Queensland Private School Lights Up Its Wonder Room March 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes A private co-ed school in the Brisbane/Gold Coast part of Australia has turned on what it calls the Wonder Room – a specially-kitted classroom that features a five-panel multi-touch video used by both students and teachers. Put together by the Australian firm Prendi, the Wonder Room at All Saints Anglican School has a seamless Multitaction video wall that …
Projects: Etisalat’s Screen-Filled Concept Stores March 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes Here’s a video look at what Dallas-based RMG Networks is driving in the retail wireless stores of the UAE-based telecom Etisalat. The wireless carrier has a range of screens around its larger stores, and is expected to kit out roughly 100 with digital signage by the end of this year. The concept stores have interactive …
Projects: The Avenues Mall In Kuwait Adds Multitouch Wayfinding March 23, 2016 by Dave Haynes The Avenues mall in Kuwait is one of the largest shopping centres in the MENA region, with a new addition bringing the leasable area past 370,000 square metres. There are more than 400 stores, including a long list of premium retail brands. To help shoppers find their way around the concourses, the mall worked with integrator 2point0 …
Projects: Digital Signage Now Part Of Addictions Treatment Program March 23, 2016 by Dave Haynes So much of the content that I see developed for screens in specific vertical markets and use cases follows perfectly acceptable, but highly predictable patterns. Corporate screens get staff messaging. Retail gets sales and promotion. So it’s interesting to see a project – this one in health care – that does something different. A non-profit focused on …
