Adams Outdoor went to change out a University of Wisconsin Credit Union billboard in Madison which had the words “Even When We’re Apart We Stand Together”. When they got there they saw someone had spray painted ‘George Floyd’ underneath the tagline. Rather than take the sign down… we’ll let the […]
Saunders Outdoor got unwelcome publicity for running a Black Lives matter billboard. The company ran paid Black Lives Matter copy on 28 billboards, took it down after getting complaints and then thought better and reversed the reversal. Saunders was the only local out of home company to run the ad. […]
You might remember our article on Wendy Hickey and ArtPop and their challenge on meeting their fund raising goals. Wendy was nice enough to provide us with an update and we wanted to pass along her message. I wanted to catch you up on our fundraising efforts since we last […]
2020 Local Case Study Award Winners Case studies are powerful testimonials and the OAAA case study library contains over 650 examples of how OOH is creating results in markets across the US. The fifth annual OAAA/Geopath Local Case Study Contest produced a record 64 entries, and the cases demonstrated OOH is […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich—Muhammed Ali, Betty Ford, Kobe Bryant and other icons are the center of a new book featuring the lifetime national tribute work of creative turned author Rob Jackson and his agency Extra Credit Projects (ECP).Today Jackson announced the release of Reflect, a book cataloging their last 20 years of commemorative billboard […]
Duck Duck Go is running a campaign on 2,245 billboards in the US and 2,261 billboards in Europe. The campaign highlights the fact that DuckDuckGo gives users better privacy. Click on the map below to see where the boards are located. There’s a discussion at ycombinator over whether the […]
The Drive has a great article about a picture someone took of a 27 year old Toyota ad on a billboard in San Francisco. The ad was hand-painted on the sign in 1992 and rather than paint over the ad, Clear Channel has simply been stretching vinyl over the hand-painting […]
NEW YORK, May 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — OUTFRONT Media Inc. (NYSE: OUT) earned six awards during the 78th annual OBIE Awards on May 20 for billboard campaigns designed by its in-house creative team, OUTFRONT STUDIOS. Each year, The Out Of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) presents the OBIE Awards, which […]
With everything that’s happening in the world today, it’s nice to spread some joy and happiness with your neighbors. This is exactly what San Francisco-based fintech company Brex has done with its OOH contribution to the #RainbowHunt. On May 7th, Brex began releasing artwork made by employee’s children on its […]
May 20, 2020 (Washington, DC) – The Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA) announced today the 78th Annual OBIE Award Winners. OAAA presented the 59 OBIE Awards during a virtual awards show. The OBIE Awards recognize exceptional out of home (OOH) advertising design. This year’s Platinum OBIE Award, […]
