This Elevator Cab Has 10 Big Screens On The Walls And Ceiling August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes MORE than 25 years ago now, sheesh, I got into digital signage and DOOH by joining a company that was putting tablet-sized LCD screens up in the corner or over the entry doors of office tower elevators. That was a giant (and expensive) technical feat back then, and I never imagined what would be possible …
The Stunning, Timber-Filled Portland Airport Modernization Includes Twin 123-Foot Wide LED Walls Above TSA Checkpoints August 15, 2024 by Dave Haynes It has been a bunch of years since I have been in Portland, Oregon’s airport, but my memory is of a terminal that was due for a modernization (it was built in 1958). That’s now happened, and the refurbished PDX is now visually stunning, with new features that include two new LED video walls that …
Paris 2024 Cycling Track Was Projection-Mapped Before Big Races August 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes Withe the Olympics now over I am guessing the PR reins have been loosened for some of the companies that provided solutions for venues, and I came across a Panasonic Connect post on Linkedin about the cool use of projection mapping at the cycling venue. Panasonic was a global sponsor of the Olympics. The velodrome …
Aussie Apparel Retailer Makes Its Mall Facade A Digital Billboard August 13, 2024 by Dave Haynes There are many examples now of retailers using LED displays to effectively be the facades for their shops in malls and on high streets, using digital arches and screens on bulkheads. But this is a slightly different but interesting take – turning the wall that flanks the entryway into a big billboard. It’s in a …
ScreenCloud Driving 50+ Screens In America’s Cup Race Village And Fan Zones August 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes With Paris 2024 out of the way, the next high profile global sports event spinning up is the America’s Cup, with the preliminary regatta starting in a few days in host city Barcelona. I mention this because London-based CMS software form ScreenCloud is driving more than 50 screens across the race village, fan zones and …
Exhibit Brings The Underwater World Of Penguins To London High Street August 12, 2024 by Dave Haynes Immersive is one of those terms that gets attached far too often to display projects that aren’t even vaguely immersive, so it’s useful to point now and then to clever venues and creative efforts that are genuinely immersive – like the ongoing series of short-term visual exhibitions people can see for free if they happen …
Seat-back DOOH Ad Screens Trialed in Madrid’s Taxi Fleet August 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Spanish digital signage CMS software firm DENEVA has partnered with two other companies to have a run at making a successful digital OOH ad model out of the back seats of taxis – using AI to offer segmented, geolocated ad targeting. The trial run of what’s been called DigiTaxi involves taxis in Madrid, the …
New Omaha Concert Venue Uses E-Paper Displays To Assign And Manage Dressing Rooms And Suites August 7, 2024 by Dave Haynes Using networked displays to help assign and manage meeting rooms in workplaces is now commonplace, but they’re also being used for applications that are kinda sorta similar, but also very different. Like assigning dressing rooms at a performing arts venue. The Slovenian e-paper solutions provider Visionect has an interesting post up about how it has kitted …
Abu Dhabi Gas Station Has Times Square-Style LED Display And Faux 3D Creative August 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes They do like their bling in places like Abu Dhabi, so it is perhaps not surprising that even gas/petrol stations can have over-the-top, digitally-enhanced store and forecourt designs. I came across this Linkedin post from industry vet Joe Rabah, talking about a next-level station owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, aka ADNOC. It is …
The Olympics Flame In Paris Is Water Vapor Illuminated By LED Lights August 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes This is not at all digital signage, but what was done here could easily be stitched into a larger visual project that includes digital displays in the experience. If you have been paying attention to the Olympics going in Paris right now, you may have seen the very different take the organizers did with the …
