Tag: creative

The Man Who’s Painted 5,000 Billboards

Insider has written before that painted billboards are making a comeback.  There are two firms – Overall Murals and Colossal Media – which specialize in painted billboards.  Atlanta billboard artist Ben Zaricor estimates that he’s painted 5,000 billboards in the course of 15 years.  Insider interviewed Zaricor to learn more […]

Chick-fil-a Changing Agencies

Billboard Insider shared a recent post about the history of Chick-fil-a advertising and their cow campaign. After more than two decades featuring one of the most recognizable ad campaigns in recent memory, Chick-fil-a has ended its relationship with the agency that created the Chick-fil-a cows. Chick-fil-a has hired McCann Worldgroup and […]

Adams Outdoor 3D Kiss Cow

We saw this post from Adams Outdoor and thought you all might enjoy.     https://youtu.be/AtDD-IAKm0E   If any of you have other interesting posts, let us know.       Paid Advertisement

What is ArtPop?

Insider has previously reported on ArtPop and it’s founder Wendy Hickey.  Outfront Media recently published an interview with Wendy on their web site. Here are some highlights: The concept of ArtPop started while Wendy was serving on the Board of Directors for the Poconos Arts Council. It focused on artists […]

Choice Media’s Law Enforcement Campaign

Choice Media has put together three billboard layouts in support of the law enforcement community.  This is a great way to speak out in a positive way to a contentious issue.  You can contact Brad Tooley (info@choicemediatx.com) if you would like to get the designs in a format in which […]

Don’t Poke’ and Drive

From Insider – Any of us who have teenagers or young adults in our families have probably been exposed to the Pokemon GO craze which has exploded in the past week. It does bring Gamers off the couch and into the real world, but can make them a bit distracted as […]

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 weeks rating is […]

A Lesson in Visual Advertising

Insider liked this Linkedin post by Andrew Holmes of Pattison Outdoor.  It is reprinted with his permission.  It looks good, but does it taste good? A lesson in visual advertising Andrew Holmes, Account Executive at Pattison Outdoor Given the choice, which of these burgers would you choose? You picked the #1, […]

A history of outdoor advertising in 45 seconds.

Erica Line, the Corporate manager of Digital Asset Content and Integrated Strategies at Adams+Fairway Advertising has put together a fascinating video called “The History of Outdoor Advertising in 45 seconds.”   Erica tells Insider that she put the video together by condensing an earlier 10 minute video which was compiled by […]

Meet the Cat Lady

A fun article on Philly.com about a Long Beach Island realtor, Pattie Romano.  Everybody knows the cat lady from the graffitied whiskers and black circles around her eyes that were scrawled on her Bay Avenue billboard, by the last turnoff from the island. For years, no matter how many times […]