By Chris Cowlbeck We cram as much as we can into a flyer, document, brochure, yellow page or paper ad, knowing that more is better – we have to “get our money’s worth”. It’s easy to do – just write down everything you can think of and send to the […]
JCDecaux Dynamic recently integrated a standard weather data feed into their SmartContent CMS (content management system), and set up some rules. 4 different GORE-TEX videos were uploaded depicting different weather conditions. The campaign was set up so that each panel automatically played the appropriate video that reflected the weather outside. Here […]
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) or 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating […]
Clear Channel Outdoor on Valentine’s Day marketing. Valentine’s Day isn’t just about following Cupid’s arrow, showering your true love with rose petals (the first year of the relationship anyway) and diving nose deep into chocolate bliss. V-day is an opportunity for everyone to show those meaningful someones — significant others, […]
Burkhart and Extra Credit Projects have posted a terrific 1 minute video on how a billboard design moves from concept to art to mockups to vinyl. Fun to watch the Burkhart and Extra Credit Projects creatives at work. Paid Ad
This week’s out of home design tips come from a blog post by Michael Baily, Graphic Designer, Independent’s Service Corp. Insider wishes to thank Allen Atkins of ISCO for permission to reprint. Here we have two billboard designs from an advertiser new to out of home advertising. These two […]
By Chris Cowlbeck Some people know a font as a stone receptacle full of water used in baptisms at churches. Before computers, most folks had no idea what a font in design might have been, not to mention what a good one was. Fonts are used in typesetting in the […]
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 week’s rating is […]
Insider follows Penneco Outdoor’s twitter feed. Lots of great sign design tips. Here’s one. A picture says a thousand words. Thanks to Penneco for permission to reuse.
Chris Cowlbeck is a busy guy. He runs Look Billboards a rural Oklahoma out of home company as well as the IBOUSA. In his spare time Chris moonlights as a scarecrow and blogs on billboard ad design at his company’s website. Today Chris writes about logos and billboard design. A good corporate logo […]
