Tag: creative

No AI Imagery

We appreciate it when we hear from our readers.  Wes Frick has been contemplating an issue and as he moves forward he sent us this note explaining his concerns. BillboardDesign.com & Wes Frick Design is no longer using AI imagery in advertising campaigns. Even though it can make highly detailed […]

Rate This Ad by Rich Molinaro

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Up to Something on the Three P’s of OOH Design

Todd Turner and Richard Molinaro of Up to Something gave an entertaining short course on out of home creative at the IBO conference.  You can access their talk at  http://uptosomething.agency/ibo-talk-2024 . Billboard Insider’s favorite slide is this one which reminds us that we need to be memorable, as well as clear.   To […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Last call to enter student OBIEs

This week is the last call to enter the inaugural Student OBIE Awards, sponsored by the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA). The final deadline for entries is this Friday, January 26. The grand prize is a paid trip to the OBIE Awards in San Diego, CA this […]

Rate This Ad By Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]

Rate This Ad by Out of Home Creative

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad selected by Billboard Insider using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad. This week’s rating is from multi-OBIE finalist and former OBIE […]

Billboard Insider Readers Split on Accepting or Rejecting Anti-Hamas Billboard

Billboard Insider readers split 50/50 on whether to accept or reject a billboard ad which said “Oh, don’t be naive.  Hamas would chop your head off too.”  Here are the poll results. One Billboard Insider reader says the ad tells the truth: It would be different if this was fake […]

Anti-Hamas Billboard Taken Down in New Jersey

NJ.com reports that an anti-hamas billboard along Route 80 in New Jersey was taken down after more than 100 people complained.  The billboard ad said “Oh, don’t be naive.  Hamas would chop your head off too.”   Would you run this copy on one of your signs.  Take our poll below […]

Rate This Ad by Greg Callaham

Rate This Ad allows a billboard designer to rate a random piece of billboard artwork using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating is […]