Creative

What Were They Thinking…

Humor can be great on billboards but there are risks.  Not everyone thinks the same things are funny.  An Ohio pizza shop owner likes to run funny messages on his billboards: “Now Hiring – Must Show Up”, “If it’s not there in 30 minutes move closer.”, “Free Box with Every […]

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 […]

Someone’s Got a Sense of Humor

Some fun heading into the weekend… Thanks to Neil Bell of New South Outdoor for bringing this to our attention. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid Advertisement

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great).  Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad.  This week’s rating is provided by Melody Roberts, an OBIE nominated billboard designer and founder […]

Callaham Earns 5 National Design Awards

  Chattanooga, TN –Greg Callaham Graphic Design has earned five American Graphic Design Awards. Graphic Design USA, a national trade publication, conferred five 2019 awards to Callaham’s design work for Fluhman Outdoor Media, Visual Outdoor Advertising, PDI Works, and Hollywog. “I really appreciate the opportunity the AGDA offers to shine […]

Happy Martin Luther King Day

Insider wanted to feature some of his Martin Luther King billboards in honor of the day and King’s work.  We asked Out of Home Creative’s Melody Roberts to talk about her favorite Martin Luther King billboards. “I think it’s unfortunate that we still have to send a message to people […]

Comedy Central, MTA and OUTFRONT Partner with Awkwafina

NEW YORK, January 16, 2020 – Comedy Central, in partnership with the MTA, today announced Golden Globe-winner and Queens native Awkwafina is taking over as MTA New York City Transit’s subway guest announcer, becoming the voice of the Flushing 7 Line. Through a dynamic partnership with OUTFRONT Media, the advertising […]

A Great Design Gets Multiple Campaigns

Out of Home Creative was commissioned in May 2019 by Benchmark Outdoor to design speculative artwork for a prospective client, Schlitterbahn water park. To enhance the sell, the billboard design was submitted in the IBOUSA/Soft Signs 3D creative contest with first-place awarded a complimentary 3D inflatable vinyl from Soft Signs 3D, an estimated $10,000 value. […]

Daily Billboard Blog’s 3 of a Kind: Graffiti

Graffiti can be the bane of many a billboard operator when hoardings are vandalized with spray paint, but it’s amazing how often the gimmick is used intentionally as part of outdoor ad campaigns too. Here are three examples of graffiti billboard designs. First up is this fun billboard for the […]

Rate This Board by Out of Home Creative

Rate This Board allows a billboard designer to rate a billboard ad using the following scale: 1 (not good), 2 (below average), 3 (average), 4 (very good), 5 (great).  Then the designer recommends how to improve the ad.  This week’s rating is provided by Melody Roberts, an OBIE nominated billboard designer and founder […]