H&M unveiled its newly redesigned flagship store on London’s Regent Street, featuring generative artwork displayed on a double 4k resolution LED screen from Leyard Europe. One of Europe’s largest indoor LED screens, it was installed by London-based LEDTek Solutions. The LED screen, which frames a set of escalators and fills the entire rear wall of the store, has been designed to showcase a series of progressive and stylish digital materials that complement the aesthetic of the brand and act as an extension of the H&M’s elevated architecture, encouraging people to enter the store when seen from afar. Created by London-based…
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Technology from BrightSign, LLC® has been used to power a continuously rotating 4m2 digital glass cube at Pixoul Gaming, a new state of the art virtual reality (VR) and Esports hub in Abu Dhabi. The impressive structure, which was created by Dubai based digital media studio and systems integrator DigiComm, is believed to be a world first because of its size, weightand kinetics. It incorporates 38 BrightSign XD234 media players powering synchronised content across 123 55” and 49” LG display units. As well as being fully encased in screens, the large cube houses a walk-in room that is also lined on…
PSCo announces a substantial investment in the latest range of interactive displays from iiyama, a leading manufacturer of large format displays and touchscreen solutions. PSCo Rental have invested in a full range of iiyama ProLite PCAP (projective capacitive) touch screens with sizes from 32” to 65” from the flagship TF39 Series Touch professional ILFD which complements the range of touch capable screens up to 86”. iiyama have established themselves as the go-to manufacturer for rental applications with excellent technology in a price-performance package. PSCo has operated both infra-red and capacitive touch screens from iiyama for more than eight years and the…
As the hybrid workplace continues to grow and evolve, Project Audio Visual has become the first integrator to supply and install a milestone 5,000 Microsoft Teams® Rooms. The 5,000th Microsoft Teams Room was part of a 40-room roll-out for a pharmaceutical company that required a modernisation of its meeting spaces to heighten everyday communication and collaboration. The solution featured a Crestron Flex Advanced Small Room Conference System with a Jabra® PanaCast 50 intelligent Video Bar, the ideal combination to elevate small meeting spaces and deliver seamless BYOD capability. Crestron Flex enables one-touch join to the Microsoft Teams ecosystem and ensures…
Exertis UK, has made changes to its senior management structure as part of its ongoing commitment to growth and customer experience. Tim Griffin has taken operational leadership of the Exertis UK business, becoming CEO. In this capacity he will take direct responsibility for the entire Exertis UK, Retail & B2B operations and have oversight of other businesses in the UK and Ireland of parent, DCC Technology. Griffin will lead an ambitious development plan for the business in the UK to drive growth, innovation and market leadership. Griffin says: “The size of the opportunity in the UK, both now and in the…
A UK government plan, published in 2018. set out goals for improving the environment within a generation detailed how government would work with communities and businesses to do this over the next 25 years. Among other proposals for businesses, Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) rate how energy efficient a building is using grades from A to G (with ‘A’ the most efficient grade). On addition to business market sustainability is now ‘front and centre’ in important AV sectors including education, . hospitality. entertainment and the public sector. ‘Sustainability’ is one of those worthy terms that is bandied about both by those…
Pioneer Group has announced that it has completed a major rebranding. Established in 2011 with three distinct services – Audio Visual, Network Infrastructure and Electrical Works – Pioneer Group have been offering customers an all-encompassing turnkey solution for over a decade. Consequently, in order to provide greater clarity to potential clients about who Pioneer Group are and what they offer, a rebranding was set into motion. Commenting on the refreshing of their branding and future website Mark Childerhouse – Sales and Marketing Director of Pioneer Group said: “We felt our previous logo no longer matched the standards we strive to…
PPDS has teamed up with Sweden’s biggest and most popular supermarket chain, Maxi ICA, to bring a highly engaging and more inspired shopping experience to customers in its flagship store, with the installation of 27 digital signage displays, and a spectacular 16 metre wide (52ft) direct view LED videowall – the largest of its kind in Scandinavia*. Located in Örebro – a city sandwiched between Stockholm and Gotenburg – the colossal Maxi ICA Stormarknad Universitetet store is one of the city’s most popular, go-to retail destinations, offering an extensive range of more than 38,000 stock items, including household utensils, gardening…
Music To support his fourth and newest studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache Post Malone opted not to stay “Cooped Up” by hitting the road this fall for a 38-date North American arena tour with special guest Roddy Ricch. With PRG recently re-joining the singer/rapper as his touring sound reinforcement provider, one thing that remained unchanged on the Twelve Carat Tour was the artist’s reliance on L-Acoustics K Series loudspeakers, which had also been deployed on his last major run, 2019/20’s Runaway Tour. Manning the FOH mix each night was Burton Ishmael, known for his previous work with Lil Baby, Nas,…
Hospitalty From earthy tubers to golden yellow fries, Agristo is a Belgian family business and a world player for the development and production of frozen potato products. Since 1986, the company’s name has been synonymous with authentic and delicious pre-fried fries, crispy croquettes, wedges, and other potato-derived products to suit customers’ preferences for quality, taste and convenience. With more than 100 ‘potatoholics’ working at Agristo’s four high-tech production sites in Belgium and the Netherlands every day, the company needed a striking LED display solution for the new HQ building at its Wielsbeke production site, with Play AV supplying two complete…