Art Of Context’s Tom Dunn Making PPE Face Shields With Family April 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Tom Dunn, the Senior Solutions Architect at Boston-based, wayfinding-centric Art Of Context, has been using his “down time” over the last month to produce more than 300 face shields for medical providers. Dunn started making metal nose bridge clips for someone else who was making cloth face masks. He then decided to use his 3D …
Rise Vision Puts Out Comic Book-Inspired Light It Blue PSAs For Free Download April 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes These are terrific new COVID-19 Public Service Announcements available for download by anyone running a screen network. There were created for the Light It Blue campaign – a public effort to light up buildings and landmarks to honor healthcare workers and others working in public spaces through this pandemic. They were created by …
Captivate Develops Free Service To Promote Job-Seekers On Its Elevator Screen Network April 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine has profiled a bunch of companies and individual employees who have been trying the best they can – by 3D printing, sewing, baking and making public service announcements – to pitch in to help care-givers and essential workers. Here’s a different take that makes use of the company’s medium: The digital OOH media company …
Making PPE Gear Is Wonderful, But This DOOH Industry Staffer Is Thanking Caregivers With Baked Goods April 21, 2020 by Dave Haynes Sixteen:Nine has posted numerous tales of industry people pitching in to the pandemic fight by making protective gear for health care workers and others whose jobs put them at higher risk of infection. But there are other ways to make a difference, and one of them is sweets – as in baked goods. We had …
Acquire Digital’s Design Head Using His 3D Printer To Knock Out Surgical Mask Straps April 20, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Head of Design at Acquire Digital in Leicester, UK (my EPL team, go Foxes!) is a self-confessed 3D printing geek and has been using his spare time at home to make adjustable mask straps for frontline National Health Service staff. The little printed straps have hooks that allow doctors, nurses and other workers …
Four Winds’ Engineer Making PPE Face Shields With His 3D Printer April 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is Kyle Rupprecht, an Endpoint Automation Engineer at Denver’s Four Winds Interactive, who fired up his 3D printer to create face shields for local healthcare workers. Rupprecht did the printing and assembly of the kits, the work made possible by many donations from other FWI employees. I don’t know what an Endpoint Automation Engineer …
BrightSign VP Holland Running PPE Mask Drive For Bay Area Hospitals April 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes And here’s another great story of an industry person personally pitching in to help out in the midst of the pandemic. Many, many people will know Ann Holland, the VP of Marketing for BrightSign. She’s a busy person, but has still found the time to organize a drive to get cloth PPE masks to staffers …
OOH Media Firm’s Creative Director Making, Donating Masks To Ease Hospital Shortage April 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here’s another story of an industry person selflessly trying to make a difference in these nutty, scary times. Jose Suriel is the Art Director of the OOH/DOOH media firm Pearl Media, but as a hobby, he sews. “I’ve been sewing for about eight years now. I taught myself how to sew when I bought my …
33 (And Counting) Free COVID-19 PSA Resources Available For Digital Signage And DOOH Networks April 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes It has been a month and change since 16:9 started a list of free content resources that digital signage and digital out of home networks have made available to help share information and offer thanks as this pandemic has spread and worsened. The original post is a long beast of a thing now, with links …
This Hero Doesn’t Wear A Mask, She Makes Them April 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Zach Todd, SNA Displays Starting a new job is often overwhelming, and doing so just as a pandemic transforms daily life across the globe creates a whole new set of challenges. But I count myself blessed to be where I am, at this time, despite everything going on. Let me tell you why. …
