Twin Cities Airport Using LED Medallions At Curbside, Check-in To Help Guide Travellers January 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes Hat Tip to Craig Keefner, who runs the Kiosk Manufacturer Association, and has a detailed post up about the digital signage built into upgrades at the sprawling airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I did a post last month about four large LG LED displays in the terminal, but Keefner adds a lot more detail as well …
LightnTec Gets EU’s Financial Backing For Its Foil-Based LED Displays January 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes The German LED start-up LightnTec now has the European Union as a financial support for its super-thin foil-based displays, based on a grant from its 10 billion EU accelerator program. The European Innovation Council – which has a mandate of identifying, developing and scaling up “breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations” – lists LightnTec among several …
DOOH/OHH Industry Mourning Passing Of Andrea Messimer January 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes I don’t think I ever met Andrea Messimer, but judging by the response to her unexpected passing, she had very obviously built up a lot of friendships and love in the out of home and digital out of home communities. Industry veteran Kym Frank sent me this press release, asking to spread the word of …
DSF Announces Board Election Results, Adding Three New Faces And Returning Three Others January 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has released results of its 2022 board seat elections, which run every two years. Winning re-election to the board for another two-year cycle are Dominic DiSieno – Wells Fargo Kym Frank – Motionworks International Beth Warren – Creative Realities Winning election to a new two-year term on the board are Jonathan …
Pisano Takes On CEO Role At Bluefin January 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes Congratulations to Frank Pisano, who has stepped into the role of CEO at Atlanta-based Bluefin International, starting this week. Frank is well known in the North American industry for his years as a sales exec with Milestone (Chief) and more recently as VP Sales, Americas for BrightSign. He’s going from a company that makes media …
New LED Ceiling In Paris Office Block Works With Building’s Unique, Curvy Interior December 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes Let’s finish off 2022 on a positive note – highlighting a terrific creative job at a renovated building in Paris that respects and works with the building design and is not just a big screen filling a large interior space. This is 21 rue Châteaudun, an 1930s office building in Paris that was influenced by …
Growth In Retail Media Networks Tops 2023 Forecast By Foot Traffic Analytics Firm December 30, 2022 by Dave Haynes The Silicon Valley-based foot traffic analytics firm Placer.ai has produced an interesting white paper looking at 2023 retail trends, putting at the top of its list expected growth in retail media networks. Retail media networks, long a staple of the digital world, are becoming an increasingly important part of the brick-and-mortar environment – and the …
ISE Expects 1,000+ Exhibitors, About One-Third Include Digital Signage In What They Do Or Sell December 29, 2022 by Dave Haynes The organizers of Integrated Systems Europe say the 2023 edition of the show – the first in a few years to be somewhat close to normal – say they expect to host more than 1,000 exhibitors, including about 120 first-time exhibitors. A quick check of the exhibitor list, sorted by category, shows some 330 exhibitors …
Childhood Garden Digitally Recreated On Cafe Video Wall At Dior Pop-up In Seoul December 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes The famed fashion house Christian Dior opened a huge pop-up store in Seoul, back in May, that will be open for three years, celebrating the French brand. One of the big features of the concept store in the Seongsu district is a large LED media wall in the cafe, put together by the Seoul-based creative …
Merry Christmas! December 23, 2022 by Dave Haynes That’s it for me, for a few days. If this a time of year for you for celebration and family gatherings, I hope getting to friends and loved ones is smooth and safe. A lot of the US and Canada was or is getting clobbered by a big storm and deep freeze, so flights are …
