You might be curious about the main image in our site's digital signage section. We get a lot of pictures from our customers but this one happened to show a really nice example of an affinity project. The details of the customer and installation were recently supplied to us so we always like to give credit where credit is due. Thanks guys and great work!
Renown Hospital featuring artists Richard Altman and Lyle London
During the design of a major atrium sculpture for Renown Hospital in Reno, NV artists Richard Altman and Lyle London were asked to also create a new concept for a series donor walls. The hospital foundation wanted a contemporary donor recognition system that harmonized with their new facilities and corporate theme of skill, expertise and technology. After kicking around several ideas, the concept of using LCD technology emerged as the winning idea.
Researching LCD options lead to the PhotoVu digital signage displays that were selected because of quality, functionality and cost effectiveness. The goal was to integrate the LCD technology into contemporary wall sculptures. Three wall sculptures were to be created. The employee sculpture contained one 19” PhotoVu digital sign, the major donor installation contained seven 19” digital signs, and the annual giving wall contained six 19” digital signs. The design and engineering for the project was done in 3D CAD to ensure ADA compliance, guide fabrication and generate mounting templates.
The monitor content was designed around the Renown corporate identity with input from the hospital’s marketing team. A template system was created in Photoshop to allow easy content changes by hospital staff. After production, the content was moved onto the PhotoVu displays and programmed with content transitions, duty cycles and other display settings. To keep updating simple, USB keys were used to transfer and store content for each monitor. A staff person from the foundation was then trained to use the Photoshop templates and make basic changes to the PhotoVu display settings. The systems have been operating for over a year without problems.
The installation was a big success for the hospital foundation and they are currently looking to add additional systems to other hospitals within their network.
This project is the result of collaboration between Richard Altman of Fusion Studios (www.fusionstudiosaz.com) and Lyle London of Art In Metal (www.artinmetalusa.com). The donor walls were part of a larger project that included the design, fabrication and installation of two dichroic glass and stainless steel atrium sculptures for the new Tahoe Tower at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, NV.
Photo Credits, © 2008 Richard Altman