Giant LED Statues Not Rising Up As Planned, Just Yet, But Irish Firm Has A Two-Metre Demo Ready September 9, 2022 by Dave Haynes That Irish company that hopes to have giant LED statues go up as attractions around the planet doesn’t seem to be rolling out at its publicized pace, but will show a reduced-size version of its concept at a UK theme park trade show in a couple of weeks. A two-metre preview of what’s called The …
Custom “Show Capsule” Creative Spans 100,000+ Sq. Ft. Of LED At Resorts World (with Video) September 8, 2022 by Dave Haynes There has been quite a bit of trade press coverage of the giant screens cladding the new-ish Resorts World casino resort up just past the Fashion Show mall and Trump Hotel on the Vegas Strip, but not as much attention placed on what’s on those grand-scale screens. Montreal-based creative technology shop Moment Factory was commissioned …
Virtual Gold Waves Slosh Along 112-Metre LED Wall In Shanghai September 7, 2022 by Dave Haynes The international art collective teamLab is mainly known for developing and running experiential exhibitions at fixed sites like museums and galleries, but the artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects also work on temporary projects like this pretty amazing 112-metre video wall along a walkway in a Shanghai subway station. This artwork, says teamLab, …
LA Bus Shelter Expansion Clears Approvals Hurdle; Integrated DOOH Screens, Surprise!, Have Opponents September 1, 2022 by Dave Haynes A proposal to add some 3,450 new tech-laden transit shelters to LA’s streets has cleared a big hurdle for its backers, but still needs to get the final OK from the full Los Angeles City Council. LA’s public works board has approved a plan from a partnership called Tranzito-Vector to add the shelters to the …
UT Austin Adds 66-Foot Wide Ambient LED Wall To New Campus Sports And Entertainment Venue August 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Here’s a very different, very clever take on a big LED video wall in a busy public facility: a 66-foot-wide display that neuters the pixel pitch in favor of something durable and focused on ambient visuals. It’s at the Moody Center, a 15,000 seat entertainment venue on the campus of The University of Texas at …
Digital Alley And Digital Square DOOH Displays Switch On At Mumbai’s Airport August 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes I don’t see a lot of news about digital signage projects in India, so it was great to get word of a set of large Digital OOH displays that have been switched on at Mumbai International Airport – Terminal T2. The media company Times OOH has created two positions – dubbed ‘Digital Alley’ and ‘Digital …
Synect, YCD The Big Winners For 2022 Global Digital Signage Awards August 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes The results of the global Digital Signage Awards for 2022 are now out, with the Grand Prix winners YCD and Synect, for work done in airports. The awards – Sixteen:Nine is a primary sponsor – were judged by an international panel of people who actually work in the industry, and not just as trade journalists …
Home Of NFL’s Colts Gets LED Display Upgrade; Big Bump In Replay Screen Clarity August 25, 2022 by Dave Haynes Daktronics has a new competitor chasing the business for super-large LED displays in pro sports venues, with SNA Displays winning a deal to kit out with mega-screens the upgraded home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. SNA, the US-operated wing of Chinese manufacturer Sansi, has supplied a pair of 53 feet high by 93 feet wide …
Boston Residential Tower Uses Wraparound Fine-Pitch LED To Greet And Inform Tenants, Visitors August 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes Much of the attention here for LED displays in corporate lobbies has been on the size of the video walls and big-budget creative pieces, but I’m also seeing some nice projects going live that have much more modest budgets but manage to get properly designed into spaces (as opposed to just added on). In this …
Media Companies Upping DOOH Billboard Design Games To Win Approvals In West Hollywood August 24, 2022 by Dave Haynes There’s still and probably always will be no end of digital posters and billboards on city sidewalks, building facades and along roadsides that are just screens that make a minimal if any nod to aesthetics. But we’re also seeing some media companies make an effort to appeases the concerns of the people who live and …
