Seoul Creative Shop d’strict Opens Arte Museum On LV Strip December 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Seoul creative shop that generates some of the most compelling video wall content on the planet has opened a bricks and mortar showcase in Las Vegas that features, among many things, some of its best-known work. d’strict has opened up the Arte Museum in the steadily evolving City Center complex at Las Vegas Boulevard …
Winner’s List: 2023 DSE “Dizzie” Awards Winners For Projects And Creative December 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s the winner list from the Dizzie Awards presented last week in Las Vegas during the Digital Signage Experience trade show and conference in Las Vegas. A few companies – Montreal creative studio Moment Factory and LED manufacturers SNA Displays and Esprit Digital – won multiple awards. Corporate Environments: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Global Headquarters, submitted by …
I Just Don’t Get The Fascination With These Things December 8, 2023 by Dave Haynes There are some good examples of real-world installations of those madly-spinning LED light wand thingies, and when I come across them, I write about them. But I have also seen so many crappy demos, like this one off in a corner at this week’s sensory-overloading LDI show in Las Vegas. The companies who market this …
Tesco Rapidly Building Out Its In-Store Screen Network; Now 1,800 Screens In 400+ Stores In UK November 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes Big box grocer Tesco now has some 1,800 screens, making it the largest digital signage network in the UK grocery market. The network is now in 420 stores across the Tesco estate. The photos suggest a major focus on vey large digital end-caps – some tied in to to the merchandise below and others looking …
Vegas Sphere Turned Into Giant Christmas Tree Ornament For Holidays; Then The Rockettes Start High-Kicking November 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes All kinds of digital signage people will be finding their way over near the big new Sphere when they get to Las Vegas Saturday or Sunday for DSE, to see what all the fuss has been about since the giant LED ball went live this summer. Some may have U2 tickets (I checked, sold out) …
Snake? River? Not Sure, But This Embedded LED Wall Is Interesting November 28, 2023 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting use of LED embedded inside a wall – taking on the appearance of a very big, very long snake. I am assuming that in behind the curvy wall cutouts, there is a series of rectangular LED cabinets that follow the same shape as the snake. Don’t know where this is, but …
Austrian Chamber Of Commerce Stacks 20 LCDs in Towering Matrix Video Wall November 24, 2023 by Dave Haynes With so much focus and buzz about the potential for LED displays as main features in designed spaces, it’s easy to forget that flat panel LCD displays can also be used to deliver really interesting video walls. Case in point, the new Chamber of Commerce district office in Imst, Austria, called Haus der Wirtschaft. The lobby …
LED And Hologram-ish Transparent LCD Create Gingerbread House Christmas Activation In London November 23, 2023 by Dave Haynes An “activation” for the beauty brand Jo Malone uses a blend of LED, transparent LCD and scent marketing for a pop-up gingerbread house on a plaza outside the repurposed Battersea Power Station in central London. The gingerbread house has 3D illusion creative running on an LED that fills one wall of the structure, while inside …
Aussie Grocer Selects Broadsign To Drive Front Of Store Retail Media Screens November 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Digital OOH and retail media networks are starting to cross paths, with in-store screens starting to get ad placements from DOOH-centric platforms like Broadsign. The Montreal CMS software firm has announced a deal that will see some 600 screens at the front of Coles supermarkets in Australia converted over to Broadsign’s platform. The screens have …
London Mayor’s Office Rejects Plans To Duplicate Las Vegas Sphere In That City November 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Mayor of London has rejected plans by the backers of the Las Vegas Sphere to build a duplicate in the east end of that city, right beside the UK’s largest shopping mall. The development has been rejected for several reason, the main one being the adverse impacts of a giant LED light ball on …