FINALISTS
Best Shopping Mall
90 Degree Display | blowUP media
In the entrance to a renewed shopping area in Tilburg, The Netherlands, a unique 3D DOOH feature can be seen at the Emmapassage Due to the special shape of this 90° LED screen visitors and residents are treated to an immersive content experience from overhead. A forced perspective creates the illusion of depth.
Artwork for the main screen head-on position may be different from the ceiling area. Consumers literally walk under the screen for 7 metres. This special-shaped digital landmark is the ultimate advertising opportunity for immersive, naked-eye 3D and anamorphic content.
Max Center | NECSUM TRISON
The huge digital artwork in the heart of the Max Center in Bilbao, Spain, features a 17 meter high and 9 and a half meter wide digital totem and more than 25 million pixels of image quality.
The digital art content created for the sophisticated waterfall of gold impresses with its 3-dimensional fall. One of the funniest and most creative moments is an amazing 17-meter-high David by Michelangelo, in which the digital sculpture comes to life to surprise and interact with visitors.
This audio-visual installation is completed with interactive games for all ages where visitors will be the protagonists of this colossal screen.
M Plaza | NECSUM TRISON
The M Plaza in Myeongdong Street in Seoul, Korea was refurbished blending the digital and artisan worlds. The entrance is now more striking, thanks to the engineering that perfectly integrates technology into the space and enhances visibility from the outside, as one of the main objectives was to energise and attract attention to this entrance.
Once inside, the visual linearity accompanies the visitor, where technology is mixed with warm wood materials and lighting details. To enhance the ascent to the upper floors and create a welcoming but elegant entrance, subtle contents have been developed that play with the finishes.
Best Corporate or Hospitality Install
AT&T Discovery District | SNA Displays
AT&T leveraged technology and media to not only reinvigorate its downtown Dallas corporate campus but also create a community-accessible environment, all while heightening brand awareness and transforming the central business district. The technology and media giant combined audio-video elements, LED lighting, and 12,000 square feet of LED signage with mesmerizing – and seamlessly integrated – awe-inspiring immersive digital artwork to establish a can’t-miss destination known as the AT&T Discovery District.
Project designed, planned, and managed by global architecture and design firm Gensler.
Gensler Austin’s Lobby | SNA Displays
The lobby video wall in the Austin office of global architecture and design firm Gensler is a valuable tool that demonstrates the power of digital experiences. The install combines full-matrix LED display technology with LED strips to create a layered, visually striking digital artboard, which Gensler uses to feature its portfolio, locally sourced creatives from artists and students, ambient nature content, and mesmerizing data sculptures. This display wraps around the lobby wall and stands as a beautiful centerpiece to Gensler’s contemporary lobby.
Project designed, planned, and managed by global architecture and design firm Gensler.
Nashville 5th + Broadway | Pearl Media
Pearl and Brookfield Properties have launched a dynamic set of digital signage at Fifth + Broadway, the new hub of downtown Nashville. The property is a world-class venue with a large retail component focused heavily on dining and entertainment. From live music venues to fine dining to some of the hottest local establishments in the city, Fifth + Broadway is the best of what Nashville has to offer.
The digital signage at the property is no exception. Large format LED’s canvas the property at major entry points including downtown’s only full motion LED, the Nashville Live sign. The signage is versatile and impactful. From syncing to live streams to programmatic, the signs can do it all!
Best Airport Install
San Francisco Airport | Trueform Digital
Trueform has manufactured digital signage and digital passenger information displays throughout San Francisco International airport.
Working with the airport appointed contractor, Trueform provided full product engineering and custom manufacture of a unique range of products that were specifically designed for SFO. These included LCD ‘Dashboard’ flight information displays, directional way-finding signage and suspended LCD displays.
Trueform has supplied multiple variations of the product family, totalling in excess of 200 assets, with the on-going contract set to roll out across all terminals over the next 2-3 years.
Evenflow Crowd Radar | YCD & Synect
Synect created a solution that positively influences passenger behaviour by helping them spread out and navigate bustling airports with ease. Synect worked with behavioural scientists to create a system that influences passengers toward desired outcomes.
Synect’s Passenger360 and YCD’s Cnario CMS drive layers of content and dynamic data across a digital signage network. Using principles of visual communication, internal motivation, and colour psychology, the team created content to give passengers friendly nudges towards the targeted behaviour. Evenflow Crowd Radar debuted at the Orlando International Airport and helped enhance passenger experience by dramatically reducing crowding.
Using anonymous crowd monitoring technology, the team designed a system to help passengers navigate complex environments and avoid crowded spaces.
TSA Security Checkpoints | YCD & Synect
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) selected Synect’s digital signage content and solutions for implementation at the Innovation Checkpoint at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport.
Several ReadySeeGo units driven by YCD’s Cnario CMS were strategically placed to help passengers prepare for screening, divest of personal items, and navigate the environment. The program replaced traditional print stanchions, lessened Transportation Security Officer interactions with passengers, and let officers activate various operational scenarios via tablet.
Both the local TSA Federal Security Director and TSA staff support the solution’s effectiveness and benefits for the traveling public.
Best Transport Campaign
Salvation Army Rescues Christmas | Intersection
In Chicago, the Salvation Army team worked with Intersection and the CTA on a creative solution to reach Chicagoans throughout the city. The Salvation Army transformed Chicago’s Red Line into the “Rescue Christmas Express,” with rail cars wrapped to match the colours of the iconic Red Kettles.
The campaign messaging focused on the unprecedented need in Chicago, and the importance of this year’s Red Kettle Campaign. Passengers were also able to donate directly to the campaign with Apple or Google Pay by tapping a QR code on the train interior.
The campaign not only reached potential donors, but also connected with individuals who may need help.
COVID Response at Orlando Airport | YCD & Synect
To address the challenges COVID-19 posed to transportation, Orlando International Airport implemented an airport-wide visual communications campaign to ensure safety information was readily presented to travellers.
The animated content included reminders about hand washing, social distancing, cleaning, and more and was designed to be easily understood and visually soothing. These visual messages play across the many digital canvases in the ecosystem, including the curbside, self-check-in, massive check-in video wall, and the ReadySeeGo totems driven byYCD-Multimedia’s Cnario throughout the airport.
Verizon 5G Launch | Firefly
For the launch of Verizon 5G in May 2021, Firefly’s unique hologram technology projected a 3D Verizon logo and the words “5G” in key locations in Las Vegas. Firefly’s next-generation Holoprojector device spins at a rapid 30 frames per second to create the most realistic 3D hologram experience in the market today.
The projector is custom fit in Firefly’s proprietary digital displays so that the 3D animation appears to be floating above the vehicle.
Campaigns can be changed on the fly using insights from Firefly’s Street.IQ technology with dynamic content triggers like driver routes, area demographics, traffic patterns, time-of-day, and real-time weather conditions
Best AdTECH Campaign
Thorne Olympics | ADOMNI
Thorne ran a 42-day programmatic DOOH campaign during the Summer Olympics. The brand sponsored three Olympic athletes and the campaign promoted the Thorne brand and products, the mission of a healthy performance-oriented lifestyle, the Thorne Olympian competing, and the success of the overall USA team.
The campaign ran on 4,168 screens across 4 venue types (Digital Billboards, Spectaculars, Uber OOH/Taxi, Urban Panels) in 14 key markets with 231 million impressions.
It was executed programmatically on the Adomni DSP utilizing the following capabilities:
– Audience data custom query for Olympics-affinity audiences
– Geo-targeting specific markets that over-index for Olympics-content
– Dayparting
– Budget allocation by dates
– Rotation of ad content to battle ad fatigue
FOX Masked Dancer | Vistar Media
FOX sought to increase awareness for its new show, The Masked Dancer With Vistar, FOX activated a custom ‘TV Viewership Audience’ based on consumers who watch reality and game shows. Vistar’s technology analyzed the movement patterns of this audience and programmatically served ads when and where they had the highest propensity to be. As a result of the campaign, FOX achieved an 11% increase in tune-in intent.
The campaign ran across moving inventory, such as taxi tops and rideshare tops, as well as other outdoor DOOH venue types such as billboards, gas stations and urban panels. The creative ran across 13 distinct media owners.
Stake Mobile App | Vistar Media
Stake, a fast-growing share trading platform that allows Australian investors access to the US stock market, was looking to generate brand awareness, drive new customers to its mobile app, and increase engagement with current customers.
As part of its omni-channel marketing campaign, Stake partnered with Vistar Media and Bench to deploy an effective, performance metrics- and solutions-focused DOOH initiative.
As a result, Stake drove a 219% lift in mobile app installs and a 54% purchase to install rate, with over 1.1 million impressions served across DOOH and 38K device IDs captured for cross-channel retargeting.
Most Innovative Use of AdTECH
Tourism Tasmania | Vistar Media
Looking to increase awareness, consideration and tourism traffic to Tasmania, Tourism Tasmania, the Tasmanian Government’s tourism marketing agency, activated a targeted, data-driven digital out-of-home (DOOH) campaign with Vistar Media.
As a result, Tourism Tasmania achieved a 30% lift in awareness for Tasmania as a tourist destination.
Tapping into Vistar’s data-driven targeting capabilities, Tourism Tasmania was able to effectively activate audiences at a micro level, and therefore identified two specific target audiences: “Raw Urbanites” and “Erudites.” Vistar Media’s patented technology was then able to analyse these audiences’ movement patterns, and identify the proper high-impact DOOH screens for the campaign creative to run across.
Nespresso Store Boost | VIOOH
Nespresso wanted to resolve issues stabilizing their in-store visitors throughout the day.
The campaign ran on JCDecaux screens close to Nespresso’s store in Westfield, live footfall sensors were installed throughout the mall, and then were integrated into the StoreBoost DSP. This data formed the basis of sophisticated real-time buying triggers that could be set up to optimize spend, audience and location. Once triggers were hit, the creative would automatically be sent via Scoota to VIOOH, supply-side DOOH marketplace, to display the creative across the inventory.
Visits to the store were stabilized and sales all saw a huge 19.5% uplift across all Nespresso products.
COVID-19 Dashboard | Hivestack
The awareness campaign by Health Canada not only aimed to change behaviour, but also to save lives. Hivestack developed a solution within our DSP platform – the COVID-19 dashboard and insight tool. This custom platform made it possible to understand audience movement pattern trends around digital screens in real-time.
A custom algorithm was developed to (a) determine the home origin of an anonymous device ID, and (b) understand whether that anonymous device was persistently observed in proximity to other anonymous devices that did not belong to the same household. Such devices were deemed to not be exhibiting social distancing and became the “custom audience”.
Most Effective Use of Data
Ghost of Tsushima | VIOOH
For the launch of their action RPG samurai game, Ghost of Tsushima, Sony PlayStation Belgium wanted to build a campaign that targeted console gamers directly, to raise awareness and drive sales. In using smart programmatic OOH planning, VIOOH and partners JCDecaux, MediaCom, Outsight and Outmoove, created the world’s first DOOH campaign to use mobile segments to target audiences.
With Adsquare, over 250,000 mobile IDs were identified that segmented users as console gamers, which were then married up to specific DOOH screens that the campaign triggered to run automatically when the user was in close proximity. 4 weeks after Ghost of Tsushima’s release, 66% of the full year sales objective was reached
Nespresso Store Boost | VIOOH
Nespresso wanted to resolve issues stabilizing their in-store visitors throughout the day.
The campaign ran on JCDecaux screens close to Nespresso’s store in Westfield, live footfall sensors were installed throughout the mall, and then were integrated into the StoreBoost DSP. This data formed the basis of sophisticated real-time buying triggers that could be set up to optimize spend, audience and location. Once triggers were hit, the creative would automatically be sent via Scoota to VIOOH, supply-side DOOH marketplace, to display the creative across the inventory.
Visits to the store were stabilized and sales all saw a huge 19.5% uplift across all Nespresso products.
Foursquare Crowd Management | Intersection
Foursquare and Intersection partnered to utilize the dynamic, IP-connected nature of Digital Out of Home to respond to one of the biggest consumer concerns of 2020: social distancing.
Using Foursquare’s aggregated location data, Intersection’s screens displayed the average hourly traffic levels for nearby stores, giving consumers a heads up on the best time to shop to avoid the crowds.
The campaign ran in New York and Philadelphia— with both data and copy customized down to local neighbourhoods.
Most Innovative Use of Data
Twitch | Vistar Media
Twitch wanted to raise awareness, consideration and tune-in intent for its platform during the /twitchgaming gathering during E3, as part of its ‘Hottest Days’ campaign.
With Vistar Media, Twitch activated a DOOH campaign against an audience of “Twitch Gamers” nationally across malls and billboards, reaching 13 million consumers with seven different core creative messages leading up to anticipated event sessions from Nintendo, Xbox, and more.
Twitch saw a 16% lift in awareness, a significant increase for an already well-known brand, a 38% increase in consideration for its platform and a 23% surge in tune-in intent for related content.
Renault ZOE | VIOOH
Renault wanted a campaign that targeted key audiences at an optimal time, whilst emphasizing the car’s eco-friendly nature. VIOOH developed an innovative campaign with IRCELINE (Belgium’s Environmental Agency) using real-time air pollution data gathered via sensors close to DOOH screens around Brussels and Liege.
The campaign was triggered whenever the air quality was poor, allowing dynamic creatives to be displayed according to the real-time data – before showing an ad for the Renault ZOE. Roadside digital OOH inventory was used to maximize impact, directly targeting relevant audiences on-the-go. This programmatic-based campaign led to an increase in searches for the term ‘ZOE’
Gifs of Time | OUTFRONT Media
OUTFRONT XLabs partnered with Giphy Arts to make custom gif sets in the form of numbers ranging from 0-9 to be used in a first-of-kind dynamic clock experience.
As the clock changed minute to minute, the GIFS jiggled, bounced, and bopped while also communicating the time of day to passerby.
Leveraging the massive online followings of the Giphy Artists extended visibility across social and drive viewing anticipation.
Each of the artist’s GIFS sets was featured for 2 weeks on large format and pedestrian level digital OOH.
The dynamic experience went live in key markets on the east coast, including multiple spectaculars in Times Square.
Best Digital Place Based Media Campaign
PERONI Domination at Long Beach | KEVANI
Peroni launched an exterior & interior domination campaign with KEVANI at 2nd & PCH – 2nd & PCH sits at the gateway between Orange County and Long Beach, one of the most highly desirable areas in the region.
With tremendous visibility on the corner of the iconic Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street there are more than 100,000 car trips passing the intersection daily. In 8-weeks Peroni achieved 11,960,192 impressions.
The buy included 4 front-lit static faces on the exterior of the property and two full motion displays (8mm pitch / Daktronics).
Orb Digivans | Buyers & Sellers Media
When a senior figure at Gymshark put out a LinkedIn post asking for recommendations, branding agency This Is Orb contacted Buyers & Sellers asking for DigiVans urgently!
Orb literally drove their message to Gymshark HQ, making it quite clear they were in the market to do business!
With the DigiVans lined up outside Gymshark promoting Orb as the only recommendation required, the campaign worked with Noel Mack, Chief Brand Officer at Gymshark inviting Rob Bloxham, CEO of Orb to a meeting – all perfectly captured on LinkedIn!
Hulu and Animaniacs | Firefly
Hulu wanted to celebrate the long-awaited return of Animaniacs, the classic Warner Brothers cartoon.To do so, they tapped Firefly’s unique Hologram technology to project 3D animations of the characters above vehicles in New York City and LA on the opening night.
The vehicles appeared at unique locations in NYC; Madison Square Garden, Times Square, the Museum of Modern Art, Rockefeller Center, and Los Angeles; Santa Monica Pier, The Grove, Sunset Strip, and TCL Chinese Theater.
The next-generation Holoprojector device spins at a rapid 30 frames per second, creating the most realistic 3D hologram experience in the market today, and provided a unique activation opportunity for Hulu to raise awareness and encourage tune in through this OOH medium.
Best Use Of Social Media
Naughty or Nice | Outfront Media
OUTFRONT XLabs launched the first-ever virtual holiday gift exchange on pedestrian-level OOH displays throughout the USA.
Naughty or Nice virtually recreated the white elephant gift exchange by allowing on-the-go holiday audiences to scan dynamic QR codes and receive digital gifts with three options; Keep, Regift, Trade-In.
When audiences scanned the dynamic QR codes, they launched a simple website that playfully deemed them ‘Naughty’ or ‘Nice’, also determining what gift they would receive.
Presents were randomly selected with each scan and audiences were able to use native IOS and Android functionality to share in any way they chose.
Gymshark Billboard | Buyers & Sellers Media
Well known for creating memorable marketing experiences, Gymshark put a billboard in Times Square at the centre of an extraordinary social media campaign.
Having acquired the advertising space in Times Square via Buyers & Sellers Media, Gymshark asked its Twitter audience to decide on what content should appear on the billboard.
After more than half a million likes on their original tweet suggesting content for the billboard, American YouTuber Corpse Husband emerged as the winner.
Gymshark launched an online 48 hour countdown to the billboard going live. The countdown also included music, live chat and gaming – which of course was consumed by large audiences across the world.
Wall Street Bets | BLIP
In a notable demonstration of true democratization of OOH advertising, thousands of WallStreetBets traders flocked to Blip to get their message out as they put the squeeze on Game Stop stock.
The resulting unsolicited, decentralized, nationwide campaigns underscore the power of OOH media made accessible to the masses.
The campaigns were deployed programmatically on Blip’s self-serve advertising platform across Blip’s network of over 300 media operators.
– Over 4,000 new WSB advertisers signed up on the Blip platform
– Over 300,000 ad spots were purchased by WSB advertisers
– A WSB-related ad was running every 2.5 seconds across the country.
Best Digital Out of Home Campaign
Ford Los Angeles Domination | KEVANI
Ford exclusively chose 3 of KEVANI’s Iconic assets to launch their BUILT FOR AMERICA campaign. The i10 Beacon is located near Ontario Airport in Los Angeles and is the largest digital offering in the area. The Towers are the pair of largest digital displays on any freeway in California and the 405 Pillar is the largest media offering on the 405 Freeway.
Combined, Ford delivered over 124 million impressions for their 8-week flight, dominating the entire market.
Technical Details:
I10 Beacon ® – 2,550 sq ft.
The Towers ® – 9,400 sq ft
405 Pillar ® – 6,600 sq ft
Piaggio Fast Forward | Vistar Media
Piaggio Fast Forward and agency ENGINE launched a 3-month strategic campaign with Vistar Media to increase awareness for the gita® Robot
The cross-screen exposure drove an unparalleled lift (+1088) for the brand.
Piaggio leveraged advanced geographical targeting to reach affluent consumers in Atlanta, Austin and Seattle. Vistar’s technology then activated DOOH media across a robust mix of venue types.
Vistar allowed Piaggio Fast Forward to re-engage with consumers who were exposed to DOOH media on their mobile devices via a paid mobile campaign through Vistar. They then utilized the exposed device IDs internally for another sequential touchpoint to retarget consumers across connected TV.
Gymshark Billboard | Buyers & Sellers Media
Well known for creating memorable marketing experiences, Gymshark put a billboard in Times Square at the centre of an extraordinary social media campaign.
Having acquired the advertising space in Times Square via Buyers & Sellers Media, Gymshark asked its Twitter audience to decide on what content should appear on the billboard.
After more than half a million likes on their original tweet suggesting content for the billboard, American YouTuber Corpse Husband emerged as the winner.
Gymshark launched an online 48 hour countdown to the billboard going live. The countdown also included music, live chat and gaming – which of course was consumed by large audiences across the world.
Best Original Digital Billboard
THE TOWERS® Los Angeles | KEVANI
The Towers ® by KEVANI are the largest pair of freeway digital billboards in California.
They feature a pair of three-sided synchronized digital displays totalling over 9,400 square feet on the third busiest freeway in the US. The key placements are within 20’ from the freeway & target commuters traveling to and from work as well as luxury shopping and sporting destinations.
In a 4-week campaign, Adidas achieved 60% reach in the entire Los Angeles DMA and nearly 17 million impressions.
NEO Transparent Screen | blowUP media
NEO is the largest transparent screen in Western Europe. Installed above the main entrance of the recently renovated shopping area Hoog Catharijne in Utrecht (NL), the 193 sq.m. DOOH transparent screen NEO is a front facade screen that fits the curvature of the glass wall above the main entrance of the busiest shopping area of the Netherlands.
The state-of-the-art design, 3D & holographic applications and the high level of transparency and lightness on this 24/7 screen, creates unforgettable impact.
Situated across Utrecht Central Station, it is the busiest hub in the Netherlands, after Schiphol Airport.
NEO is part of The Collective®, the DOOH network of blowUP media in The Netherlands which is available in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Tilburg and Eindhoven.
Stylon Reflecting Pond Display | SNA Displays
Grandscape, Dallas is a destination shopping center featuring digital signage throughout the development, the centerpiece of which is a double-ellipsoid-shaped vertical digital billboard surrounded by a reflecting pond with fountain features.
Designed and engineered by the Barnycz Group, SNA Displays manufactured the 13.2m x 11.2m double-sided video board.
Technical Details:
6.7mm pixel pitch, 13.2m x 11.2, double-sided, ellipsoid shape, 6.7 million pixels (1,980 x 1,680).