Right Idea, Wrong Tech January 24, 2013 by Dave Haynes Digital wayfinding and meeting room events notifier touchscreens make a lot of sense in places like jumbo convention centers, and Denver’s beautiful facility (boy I wish the LVCC was more like this) has a pile of them all over the place. They look good, until you get close. Many of the screens were in a …
Why? January 24, 2013 by Dave Haynes I have seen this thing a few times now looming above the doors for the shuttle cars that move people around Denver’s airport. Too high. Showing the same mountain adventure stuff over and over. Great airport (except for it being located just outside Minneapolis – my God it’s way out of ton), but these screens …
Ambient Content Takes A Walk January 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes A restaurant called Joey’s in downtown Vancouver has a big 2 by 2 video wall running over the reception desk, with content that was interesting and a little perplexing. One piece was just a slightly moving aerial shot of the city’s gorgeous downtown. The other was a hipster animation thing very vaguely reminiscent of the …
Projects: BC Ferries’ Long, Wide Video Wall January 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes What I assume is a flagship retail ticketing location for BC Ferries at the foot of Burrard Street in Vancouver has a big, very nice video wall system running for customers and passing tourists to see. The ticket centre is across from the convention centre and cruise ship terminal and at the epicentre of local …
These Digital Screens Are Just Trash January 22, 2013 by Dave Haynes Walking through a food court a downtown Vancouver office complex, looking for a critical first coffee of the day, I came across a set of back to back digital screens – one of several sets in the place. All they do, unless things change later in the day, is tell people how to use …
DSE Announces Its 2013 Content Award Finalists January 10, 2013 by Dave Haynes Digital Signage Expo has announced 28 finalists in nine categories for its annual Content Awards for 2013, with Montreal’s Arsenal Media again dominating the list with seven picks. The finalists were named from a field of nearly 70 entrants from 11 countries. The Gold, Silver and Bronze honors will be presented at at the trade …
Project Profile: Lacoste Flagship Store Video Walls January 7, 2013 by Dave Haynes Lacoste, the alligator shirt guys, are using new video walls in some flagship stores to communicate the brand, tell its story, and sell stuff. The stores, including the 5th Avenue Flagship in New York City, have various video walls, including a ceiling display in Miami. The content, says a news release from technology supplier YCD Multimedia, …
Project Profile: Digital Street Furniture In Poland January 4, 2013 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice looking digital street furniture rollout in the Polish province of Pomorskie province, and its capitol city Gdansk, put together by the outdoor digital enclosure firm Infinitus. There are 75 “imotion” 46-inch single-sided touchscreen units used by locals and tourists to get on-demand city information and local business offers. The units have a smartphone …
Project Profile: Crescent School’s Student Network December 20, 2012 by Dave Haynes It’s almost weird that a little private school appears to do a better job with content presentation than a lot of private businesses that have the budget and people available to get it right. Here’s s small project involving the century-old Crescent School for boys in Toronto, which is using a digital signage network in …
Project Video: Barneys-Disney-Christie Spectacular In NYC December 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes Christie MicroTiles and Disney light-up Barneys New York “Electric Holiday” window displays from Christie on Vimeo. Here’s a video than runs through the Disney project running at Barneys in New York through the holiday season. The video is bankrolled by Christie, which has supplied the MicroTiles used to drive the visuals on the huge canvas …
