Author: billboardinsider

Hand Painted Artistry in a Digital World.

Company:  Colossal Media Markets:  Nationwide Headquarters: 89 North 10th Street, Brooklyn, NY  11249 Phone: 718-858-0979 Colossal Media is the largest provider of hand painted wallscapes in the US.  The company was formed in 2004 and specializes in public art murals, commercial murals and sign painting throughout the US.  Here’s an […]

Rate This Board By Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board 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 weeks rating is […]

Hurricane Damaged SC Billboards May Not Be Rebuilt

Coastal Observer reports that three billboards on Highway 17 in Pawleys Island, South Carolina which were damaged by Hurricane Matthew may not be replaceable.  Non-conforming billboards with more than 70% damage have to be removed under a county ordinance passed last year for the Waccamaw Neck Commercial Corridor Overlay Zone. […]

Spartans Make Statement With Extra Credit Projects

EAST LANSING, Michigan — In a fall semester campaign effort, Michigan State University and Midwest creative firm and advertising agency, Extra Credit Projects (ECP), work to bring the Spartans Will message to the masses. Visitors to East Lansing will see part of this season’s campaign on billboard designs on major highways. Other major tactics are graphics on Spartan Stadium, with […]

University of Tennessee Students Use Billboards to Encourage Voting

The University of Tennessee Knoxville reports that a professor in the University of Tennessee School of Journalism and Media gave his students an assignment to create billboards to encourage people to vote.  The constraints were: Non-partisan No Images Three words one of which must be a variation of the word […]

Company of the Day: Abel Outdoor

Company: Abel Outdoor Advertising Markets: Montana Headquarters:  23685 US Highway 93 N, Arlee, Montana  59821 Phone: 406-880-4964 Abel Outdoor Advertising operates a billboard plant in the following Montana communities: St Ignatius Florence Stevensville Hamilton Missoula Paid Ad

Outdoor Legal: A Lease Defeats a Bankruptcy Trustee

A landlord’s priorities can change dramatically due to bankruptcy.  A bankruptcy trustee may attempt to throw out your billboard lease if they think they can receive more money from selling the real estate without your lease. Kendrick v Lamar demonstrates that a well written outdoor lease can defeat a hostile […]

Colors and Outdoor Design

Kissmetrics has put together an infographic summarizing a 2003 study on color preferences by gender. Source: https://blog.kissmetrics.com/gender-and-color/ Blue was by far and away the favorite color of men. Blue and purple were the favorite colors of women.  Insider sees lots of examples of powerful billboards which use vibrant rich blues. A billboard […]

T-Rex Digital Sign Litigation Update – October 2016

Who is T-Rex?  T-Rex Property AB was founded in 2003 by Mats Hylin, Mats Dahlgren and Fredrik Persson.  The company acquired 12 patents for outdoor advertising products.T-Rex Property AB has been suing outdoor companies who use a computer to control digital signs.  T-Rex owns US Patent Number RE39,470 titled Digital […]