Hamburg - 700 square meter digital surface.

Inside, Klubhaus St. Pauli is Hamburg’s new home of live music, entertainment and urban working. Outside it features Europe’s largest interactive media façade. The approximately 700 square meter digital surface is ideal for the moving image campaigns, editorial content and visuals of the artistic and cultural organisations in the newly opened Klubhaus St. Pauli and the Bremen design artist Urbanscreen.



The media façade itself is transparent. When club guests and office staff look out of the building it is like peering through blinds. The lift in the building, which goes up to the panorama restaurant on the sixth floor, is lined with eleven laminated glass plates containing embedded LEDs.

ONLYGLASS GmbH produced and installed this high-resolution part of the media façade.



The wall is marketed by Posterscope which attracted Mondelēz International (Milka) and Sonos as advertising partners for the launch in September 2015. Simon Kloos, Managing Director of Posterscope Deutschland explains: "By combining interaction and a mix of editorial, artistic and commercial content we’ve turned the advertising space on the media façade into an event in its own right. Offline events on Spielbudenplatz in front and in Klubhaus St. Pauli behind also guarantee very high levels of attention."

The IMAX, Waterloo

Its nice to see.

Data Visualization Suitable for Every Industry.

Aside from retail centers and service providers, other locations like airports, subways and universities are also incorporating digital signage with data visualization as part of their regular content. The Yale School of Management is a prime example of an institution that utilizes data visualization to perfection.

Opened in January 2014, the 242,000-square-foot, Norman Foster + Partners designed, Edward P. Evans Hall is the new home of the Yale School of Management (SoM). To create a lasting impression of the school’s presence and brand, and to easily communicate timely information, we created three floors of interactive media and digital signage for the students, faculty and visitors at the Yale School of Management. This narrow cast network displays real time information such as school-wide agendas, class and conference schedules, special announcements, insightful information and photography from students, staff and guest speakers as well as customized presentations and broadcast media.

The data visualization on the three-level floor to ceiling media installation currently addresses topics related to the theme of Business, Society and Leadership in an Increasingly Complex World. The data was selected to examine and communicate major trends transforming markets, organizations and societies around the world. The media displays dynamic graphic visualizations of social and economic data and offers shifting perspectives on global trends on a wide variety of comparative scales. Topics include global comparisons of Internet and social media usage, type and availability of medical care as a percentage of population, life expectancy, comparisons of market values of publicly traded stock, cost of capital and gross national product.

Aside from relaying data, the very presence of the digital signage also gave the facility interior an exquisite and high-tech ambiance, which was nothing less than awe-inspiring for visitors and prospect future students.

“Mt. Rushmore of the digital age.”

As the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia get closer to kicking off, the faces of some of the athletes involved in the games are beginning to cover our TV screens. Thanks to technology developed by Swiss company iart, anyone attending the Olympics will have an opportunity to become a face of the Games on what has been dubbed the “Mt. Rushmore of the digital age.”

Located on the façade of MegaFon – Russia’s largest telecommunications companies and general partner of the Olympics – the display, which was designed by London-based architect Asif Kahn, displays three-dimensional images of those who interact with it.
The 21,500-square-foot display is made up of 10,000 narrow cylinders, called actuators, and is designed to function as a giant pin screen as the faces seem to grow from the side of the building. Each actuator features an RGB LED light, which is shown through a thin veil that covers the side of the building to create a smooth surface.
The faces of participants are scanned in a 3D photo booth, which captures simultaneous images from five different angles. After about a minute, the 3D model is created from the images and can be then be shown on the building. The 26-foot image of the visitor is then displayed for 20 seconds.

Participants are told when to expect to see their face on the building and also receive a video featuring their 20 seconds in the spotlight.
The MegaFaces Pavilion, located at the entrance to Olympic Park, is set to open Feb. 7 and remain throughout both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
More than 170,000 different faces are projected to be displayed on the wall.

Puzzle Façade.

Een bijzonder project in het Oostenrijkse Linz. De Spaanse kunstenaar Javier Lloret creëerde een 3D-geprinte Rubik’s kubus die gebruikt kan worden voor het transformeren van een gebouw met leds tot een op afstand speelbare kubus.



Bron;www.sign.nl

In het project Puzzle Façade maakte Lloret een kubus voorzien van elektronische componenten die de richting en rotaties van de verschillende zijden van de kubus bijhoudt. Deze gegevens worden via Bluetooth naar een computer gestuurd die vervolgens de gekleurde leds op de gevel van het Ars Electronica Centrum aanstuurt, zodat de veranderingen van de gevel gelijk lopen met de bewegingen van de kubus.

Draaibaar

Door de omvang van het gebouw en de indeling van de omgeving, kan een speler slechts twee kanten van het gebouw tegelijk zien. Dit verhoogt de moeilijkheidsgraad bij het oplossen van de puzzel, maar doordat een speler de kubus ook kan omdraaien, is de kubus nog steeds op te lossen.

Afstudeeropdracht

Dit project was onderdeel van een afstudeerproject van Lloret aan de Universiteit voor Kunst en Industrieel Ontwerp in Linz en een mooi voorbeeld van de uiteenlopende toepassingen van 3D-printtechnologie.
Hieronder het filmpje dat de kunstenaar maakte over het project:

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LAX New Bradley Terminal Is More Than An Airport, It’s a Destination.

 Travelers might change their minds about going to the airport when they see Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX)

Moment Factory, a media and entertainment studio was commissioned by Los Angeles World Airports to work in collaboration with Marcela Sardi of Sardi Design and Mike Rubin of MRA International as the content producer for seven media features at the new Terminal. The end result is one of the largest immersive multimedia system of any airport in the Americas.

The overall objective of the multimedia installation is to enhance the passenger experience and bring back the romance and magic of travel. The adventure begins the moment passengers step into the new terminal, harking back to a time when travel was exotic, whether flying to foreign shores or arriving in L.A. The latest in multimedia entertainment meets the essential functionality of the airport, turning the terminal into a spectacular, welcoming place to spend time.



Moment Factory’s content focused on the passenger experience, the iconography of Los Angeles, and the destinations served by the new terminal. Passengers can view lively vignettes of old Hollywood, calming images of far-off destinations and visuals that lead the imagination to dream big and discover new lands. The studio created more than four hours of original video content, including multiple interactive segments that used the latest in high-resolution imaging, 3D effects and interactive technologies that react directly to people’s movements and real-time airport information.

To produce the content, Moment Factory sent film crews to three continents and worked creatively with dancers, actors and even parrots, turning the studio into a virtual tropical paradise. Over a period of 12 months, the firm’s multi-disciplinary team built a multimedia ecosystem, visualizing each animation via physical maquettes as well as 3D computer models to achieve seamless, engaging works of multimedia art and design.





More information here.

Led-gevel Ziggo Dome in gebruik.

De officiële opening van het gloednieuwe Ziggo Dome mag dan voor 24 juni aanstaande gepland staan, nu al vormt de revolutionaire concertlocatie een lichtpunt in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Letterlijk, wel te verstaan. Sinds eind vorige week is namelijk de led-gevel van het gloednieuwe gebouw in gebruik, die Ziggo Dome in de wijde omgeving zichtbaar maakt.

Ultieme live beleving
Ziggo Dome luidt een nieuwe periode van concertbeleving in. Het gebouw is niet alleen een architectonisch hoogstandje, maar werd vanaf de eerste schets ontwikkeld met een bijzonder doel voor ogen: het creëren van de ultieme live beleving.

Indrukwekkende cijfers
Kosten noch moeite werden gespaard, wat een aantal indrukwekkende cijfers oplevert. De buitenzijde van het gebouw bestaat uit 120.000 pixels van elk zeven led-lampjes wat een totaal maakt van 840.000 led-lampen. Tevens maken 500.000 lampjes de gevel tot een high resolution Video Wall.

Nieuw hoofdstuk in muziekgeschiedenis
Ziggo Dome is op dusdanige wijze ontworpen, dat het aan elke gelegenheid kan worden aangepast. Of het nu gaat om de kleur en sfeer van verlichting, de grootte van de zaal of zeer specifieke eisen op het gebied van geluidskwaliteit. Ziggo Dome tekent vanaf 24 juni aanstaande voor een nieuw hoofdstuk in de muziekgeschiedenis.

media facades.

I am fascinated by interactive large displays in public places, "urban screens" and the convergence of architecture and technology, especially media facades, and am happy to share a video of a presentation of Thomas Schielke to a group at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Thomas Schielke is a German architect known for his work in the area of architectural lighting and media facades. In the presentation, Thomas talks about how new technologies are influencing what he calls "urban branding", and also provides an overview of related history. If this is an area that interests you, take the time to view the video! = 60 minutes.

Crown Fountain, Millenium Park - Chicago, Illinois / USA

Here's the Crown Fountain with the spitting TV monitors.

Sensodyne Repair and Protect Interactive Video-Mapping Event

A punch bag sensor was used to trigger 3D video-mapping animations on the Science Museum. The harder you punched, the more of the building that was destroyed. The Sensodyne energy ball would then magically repair the building for the next user. Complete system - creative content, interactive trigger and production designed and executed in-house by Projection Advertising.

Justin Goodyre – A Prototype for an Adaptive Bloom

This years exhibition focuses on the best work from the new Postgraduate Certificate Course in Advanced Architectural Research, set up at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, to give students with Masters degrees the opportunity to take their work to a further stage development. The exhibition shows how some of the best Masters portfolios and theses contain the seeds of serious design research proposals, and how these might be taken forward to create new types of place, novel interactive building elements and new façade and structural systems

Entertainment.

Bij Ledwalls met grotere afmeting wordt vaak gebruik maakt van deco Led display, ook wel LED lamellen of curtains genaamd. Deze zijn lichter, transparant (je kunt door de LED panelen heen kijken) en hebben vaak een resolutie van pitch 25 of pitch 40. De lagere resolutie maakt het paneel goedkoper te produceren en dus ook goedkoper in aanschaf en goedkoper in te huren. Het wordt vaak toegepast in grote decors. Hoe meer LED panelen gebruikt worden, hoe hoger de resolutie. Zie hieronder een voorbeeld van een Deco LED wall ontwerp als showdecor.
Bron www.avpoint.nl

The “Happiness” is Real.

In May there was the Coca-Cola HQ 125th anniversary show. And Coke is making sure that everyone knows about it by running the largest video projection display ever. Here’s the YouTube post:…

I think that it’s the coolest public digital display Atlanta has ever seen!



■The project uses 44 projectors total. 12 on three sides and 8 on the side facing south.
■The show runs for the next 3 weeks on Thursday, Friday & Saturday from around 9pm-11pm. (projectors only work when the sun is away).
■The projection screen is see through enough to give *some* window view for employees. But my wife April made the great point that everyone must be instructed to turn their lights off when they leave! 2 were on. It was obvious.
■The projectors are 16,000 lumen Christie units with super loud fans in custom enclosures (no cooling). The power consumption must be crazy on these puppies!
■It took 1 month for the tech setup & simulation. Power architecture, media servers, scalars, mapping software, signal routing, etc.
■2 hour content loop including bottle animation, smiling faces, old ads and images from Facebook. All created by Obscura.

pixelized walls…

An announcement from Philips about LED-illuminated wall coverings which they worked on with Kvadrat Soft Cells. Think of it as LED-illuminated wallpaper targeted at commercial spaces, and it could be a very important step toward
What they’ve done is embed addressable LEDs — I’m guessing pretty low resolution– into a semi-opaque wall covering. Now ordinarily low res LEDs look really awful, especially close up. All you normally would see close up are bright LED points of light that are way too bright– I certainly wouldn’t want them in a restaurant or lobby.

The clever thing with the Kvadrat/Philips product is that the fabric on the wallpaper blurs the LEDs. Conventional thinking is that blurring is bad, but in this case it makes the image look continuous. Contrast is low and it’s no good as-is for text, but it looks like it might actually work nicely for combining illumination with mood.
I’m sure it won’t be low-cost initially, but low resolution LED displays are dropping in price fast.

Media Facades Festival

media gevels - een terugblik op 2010

Media Facades Festival Europe 2010 from MediaFacades on Vimeo.

LG @ Mobile World Congress 2011.

LED video wall with great content, almost 3D
Combination of a great hardware and great content for a really powerful message.

Merck Serono Mediawaxwall.

Merck Serono Headquarters

In 2006, global pharmacy biotech giant Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, refurbished its Geneva, Switzerland headquarters. Chicago based architect Helmut Jahn’s concept integrated the already existing building complex into a steel/glass structure.

Jahn asked “ag4” to develop a concept that would stage and organically integrate its contextual focus as a biological-research center into a media façade. The concept, “Layers of Life”, combines such natural elements as water (a waterfall) and beeswax (1.4 tons, formed into 138 blocks) in the first layer, and 50 LED display screens, which are embedded into some of the wax modules, in the second layer.

"Ag4" commissioned Cologne-based artist Mic Enneper to create the beeswax blocks. After having heated the wax, he manually formed the large blocks using hot air and a spatula. The organic interplay of the first two layers with mirrored walls and media programming reflects the “complexity of biotechnology, a science that feeds off different sciences and disciplines.”

Images range from genetic-code symbols to Merck Serono employees working in worldwide laboratories and manufacturing facilities. The 432-sq.-yd. media façade extends across the main wall of a five story atrium that faces a stairway and surrounding buildings.

Media façades are creating high-end branding opportunities. “A media façade doesn’t necessarily tell stories as much as it creates an emotional connection to the building by its visual presence”, ag4’s co-founder Cristopher Kronhagel said. “Here, the message sometimes explains and sometimes adds to the mystery of what the client does.” Either way, the building will have the public’s rapt attention, which is the best you can ask a media message to do.

In de Oslo Metro "Stortinget Station"

Een fraaie "time lapse video" over de installatie van een Digital Escalator Panel (DEP ). De bouwer is Espirit Digital in opdracht van JCDecaux.
= Stortinget Station Oslo Metro =

It consists of 92 x 32"Digital Cassettes, ImageFlow software on 4 Escalator runs.

Sharp walk-in display.

Bron; www.engadget.co

Overview of Multi-Screen Display System at Huis Ten Bosch
Attraction name: 5D Miracle Tour (in the Thriller Fantasy Museum area)
Open to public: April 29, 2011 (Friday, Japanese public holiday)
Image content: Sirena - Mermaid Legend*
(Length: Approx. 8 minutes; original story based on a mermaid legend from Saipan)
System and technology: PN-V601 60-inch LCD monitors (156 units)
Image transmission system
*Content will change on occasion.

We've seen plenty of building-sized televisions -- like the 80,000-square-foot ceiling screen in Beijing, or that record-breaking monstrosity that the Cowboys installed in Dallas -- but those single-dimension LCD's have nothing on this "5D" cube opening on Friday. Constructed from 156 Sharp 60-inch HD displays, the 5D Miracle Tour can only be found at Huis Ten Bosch, a "residential-style resort built after a medieval 17th-century Dutch town" located in Sasebo City, Japan. The unique attraction accommodates 32 guests at a time, and consists of one main front screen, surrounded by additional panels on the top, bottom, left and right. Lasting eight minutes, the tour presents the story of a mermaid named Sirena, though content will occasionally change -- given the transient nature of mermaids, of course. We've only been able to dream of the modern-day curiosities we'd encounter while visiting 17th-century Holland, but we certainly hope this magical place won't elude us the next time we're near Nagasaki.

Facades become displays

Facade displays become more and more popular and are mostly generated by projections or LED grid structures. Thanks to ONLYGLASS Mediafacade displays the image will be integrated in the building surface or the glass surface in the future and, therefore, will become part of the architecture.

Media technology is changing the face of our inner cities fast, fostering a new architectural awareness. ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE is the world’s first transparent media façade that can be integrated directly in a building’s existing structure. As the component LEDs are embedded in insulating glass, the display panels can be treated like normal insulating glass and installed in a façade without altering its architecture in any way. As a result, the system becomes a fully functioning part of the building, with the insulating glass fulfilling its normal functions without the LED display screen disturbing the people inside.


Depending on the chosen pixel pitch (from 20mm and scalable in 10mm steps), a light transparency level of between 80% and 90% can be achieved. Visibility from inside the building is not impaired and the insulating glass remains fully functional, regardless of whether the panels are coated or not. The giant display screen is a combination of single insulating glass panels (maximum size: 3,500mm x 2,700mm), which means there is no limit to the number of modules that can be connected together.Due to the low additional weight of approx. 3.5 kg/m², ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE can be installed in most buildings without affecting the structural load - a particularly appealing feature from a heritage protection perspective.

ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE functions like a PC monitor, i.e. anything that can be displayed on a PC screen can also be displayed by ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE.
ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE can be used in a multitude of ways inside buildings, e.g. for large-scale room dividers or multi-floor displays that provide a view over an interior courtyard.
If no insulating effect is required, ONLYGLASS MEDIAFACADE can also be integrated in a single glass panel (visible on one side) and affixed to various substructures, e.g. exposed concrete walls or heritage-protected interior facades.