Lamar Advertising and Paramount Pictures kicked off a cool (pun intended) new digital out of home campaign to promote the upcoming release of the Baywatch movie. Using Lamar’s dynamic digital capabilities, each billboard automatically displays a contextually relevant Baywatch ad triggered by the current weather. The campaign is running through Feb. […]
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2 words not 3
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 […]
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) or 5 (great). Then the designer talks about what they may have done differently for outdoor advertising. This week’s rating […]
From Concept To Vinyl
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
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 […]
OOH Experiencing A Renaissance
IndaStra ran an article very positive on the prospects for Outdoor. You can read more of the detail on their site, but here’s why IndaStra thinks OOH is more relevant than ever. Until teleportation is an option, consumers will go outside. Consumers can try to ignore billboards, but they’re always […]