Creative

Big Billboard Bell Rings For Kids Who Defeat Cancer

St. Louis Children’s Hospital have a tradition as young cancer patient’s complete a round of Chemotherapy, they ring a bell that can be heard throughout the hospital.  Now, with the help of Outfront Media, the bell can also be heard next to Interstate 44 & Big Bend Road with the […]

Gerry Graf on taking over a city with out of home

“My old boss, Lee Clow, would love to talk about “owning a city”.  He would always launch a new campaign with OOH.  He’d buy up all the key OOH locations and have the whole town talking about his campaign.  Apple continued that tradition this year with the fantastic Apple TV […]

Bartanian on Public Art and Out of Home

Kevin Bartanian EVP of Sales and Business Development, StandardVision Defining public art according to Americans For The Arts: Public art is art in public spaces. It can take a wide range of forms, sizes, and scales, and it can be temporary or permanent. It is often site-specific—created in response to the place and […]

OBIE Awards Call for Entry: Steal the Show

The 2018 OBIE Awards are officially open for entry. OAAA is calling all creative types, who’s going to Steal the Show at the 2018 OBIE Awards? Unlock those creative juices and escape from the rest of the pack with a prized OBIE Award. The OBIE Awards are the oldest and […]

Jane Burhop on engaging out of home audiences.

“We need to stop thinking of OOH as a stand-alone billboard or a bus shelter poster and start thinking of how it can interact with and engage with its audiences. History Channel’s Unforgotten Soldiers brought a black and white World War I photograph to life on one of Aukland’s busiest […]

OAAA’s Take on Advertising Week 2017

By Alli Collier, OAAA Marketing Programs Manager Last week’s Advertising Week was nothing short of “remarkable,” in true New York City style. With hundreds of panels and networking events to choose from, it was hard for any advertising professional not to participate in the outstanding content offered this year. Throughout […]

Rate This Board by Greg Callaham

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 […]

Digital Billboard Content: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Gina Kuck, Daktronics Commercial Services “Digital billboards in the OOH space have an unmatched ability to impact consumers. The ability to create a connection comes from leveraging the characteristics of the technology with best practices as a foundation,” says Gina Kuck.  Good and bad content We created the industry’s content guidelines […]

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 week’s rating is provided […]

“NETFLIX IS A JOKE” Revealed

Insider is sure many of you have seen this billboard in the news recently as it created quite a buzz about who was behind it and what it was for.   We thought we would end this week with the following clip that wraps up what turned out to be […]