Projects: Cleveland Museum Of Art’s Terrific Interactive Wall March 27, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Cleveland Museum of Art’s $100 million renovation included a new set of interactive video walls that make really good use of touch, archives and dynamic screen layouts. The museum’s Gallery One has a 40-foot wide multi-touch screen made up of a pair of 15-units wide by 5-units tall Christie MicroTiles, fitted with the Christie …
Projects: World’s Largest LED Board Lights Up In Johannesburg March 19, 2013 by Dave Haynes Lumen – billed as the largest LED display on the planet, was switched on today on top of the four sides of the Absa Towers building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Four giant LED screens – one on each side on top of the 29th floor roof, result in a digital display footprint almost twice the …
Projects: SoloHeath Wellness Stations Now In 3,000 US Retailers March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes SoloHealth now has more than 2,000 free digital health and wellness stations out in retail locations across the United States, which the company says doubled the footprint withinb three months. The company has announced it intends to be in more than 3,500 locations by end of year, which would make it one of the larger digital …
Projects: Christie’s MicroTiles Seem To Grow Off Lobby Walls March 7, 2013 by Dave Haynes Christie’s Canadian headquarters in the Kitchener-Waterloo area got an addition last year, and a second lobby entrance to the sprawling facility. Arsenal Media, SRM Architects and rp Visual Solutions came up with a very cool, almost organic design that embeds Christie’s MicroTiles into the walls and elevator column. The project won a Silver Apex award …
Projects: Impulse Buy Screens At Sydney Opera House March 6, 2013 by Dave Haynes So, I would like to sit and have a drink here. Just saying. The Australian integrator Mediaplay and its software partner YCD Multimedia have sent out details and images of a project involving the Opera Kitchen restaurant, which is part of Sydney’s iconic Sydney Opera House. The restaurant is an open air venue located on …
Projects: Esplanade Centre In Medicine Hat March 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat, Alberta (for people who like this sort of Canadiana, about 90 minutes west of Swift Current, five hours west of Moose Jaw and 63 hours west of Joe Batt’s Arm) has installed a digital signage network to promote current and upcoming events at the venue. The …
Behold, The 60-Foot SI Swimsuit Supermodel February 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes The marketers for Sports Illustrated made going to sleep just that harder for mobs of 17-year-old boys in Las Vegas after they used projection mapping to blast 60-foot tall (my guess) images of this year’s lean and bouncy swimsuit issue models on the facade of the Caesar’s Palace resort last night. SI worked with projection …
Interactive Merchandising Part of Future Retail Panel At DSE2013 February 13, 2013 by Dave Haynes The keynote breakfast panel on the second day of Digital Signage Expo 2013 is all about future tech and one of the guys who’ll be there talking about his company’s cool pots and pans is Jared Schiffman, co-founder and CEO of NYC-based PERCH Interactive. Speaking with Curt Bailey (Sundberg-Ferar), Tim Huckaby (InterKnowlogy), and Christine Outram …
Project Profile: iPads As Product Selectors In Lowe’s Canada February 5, 2013 by Dave Haynes There’s been lots of talk about using iPads in retail, but apart from the Apple store and some POS systems, I haven’t actually seen that much real-world usage as a low-cost and engaging merchandising solution. But here’s a small, interesting project running in Lowe’s stores up here among the polar bears and muskrat and 5% …
Sightings: Transparent LCDs Done Right January 29, 2013 by Dave Haynes I followed a link to some unrelated video from the show floor at ISE in Amsterdam, which (as often happens online) took me somewhere else and to this piece of video. This company, TransLook, does the much-copied transparent LCD thing, but does content way, way better than most of what I have seen out there. …
