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
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ISCO on Outdoor Advertising Design
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 […]
Fonts and Billboard Design
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 by Owen Design
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 […]
Penneco Tip on Digital Billboard Ad Design
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.
Cowlbeck on Logos and Fine Detail
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 […]
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 […]
Ikea uses billboards for memphis rollout
Memphis Business Journal reports that Ikea is using billboards and transit advertising to publicize a new store in Memphis. Ikea has a history of creative use of billboards. The Ikea billboard on the right was installed in 2015 in San Jose, California. To help promote the store the ad shop […]
1 minute video on Lamar’s vehicle recognition billboard
Insider wrote about vehicle recognition billboards in July 2016 and April 2016. We found a 1 minute video at the Lamar youtube page which describes exactly how the Lamar/Posterscope car recognition project works. Insider’s take: This is a great example of why your company needs to set up a youtube page. […]
Cowlbeck on Busy Patterns
By Chris Cowlbeck We all know a pretty picture when we see one – I’m sure something just popped into your head. “A picture says 1000 words”, is a rather worn out phrase, but says it all. Generally, the more detail the better in pictures in a lot of marketing […]
