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Philips LED announces latest collaboration with Oracle Red Bull
PDS has announced its latest partner driven collaboration with Oracle Red Bull Racing, which saw the installation of two fully tailored all weather dvLED displays at their Milton Keynes headquarters. The newest instalment features the Philips Public LED 7000 Series totems were installed to greet and guide visitors around the Red Bull Technology Campus in Milton Keynes.
Jae O Choi Park, EMEA commercial head at PPDS, added: “Drawing upon our network of PPDS Partners allows us to augment our Philips Professional
The new totems installed at Red Bull’s Milton Keynes campus
Displays with unique solutions for Oracle Red Bull Racing.
Indoors, outdoors, and all around, we make it our mission to ensure the best experiences for the team, as well as its visitors and guests.”
PPDS teamed up with Netherlands based specialist, VEBO Digital Signage Solutions, to build custom designed protective casings for the totems, which stood at nearly 3m tall, are embossed with Oracle Red Bull Racing branding and are built to withstand harsh weather. Content can be created, scheduled, and changed effortlessly to suit the occasion by Novastar controllers and DS Templates CMS.
ADI plans to transform Preston City centre with new installation
Preston City Council has invested in nine telephone boxes for LED displays
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ocal digital specialists ADI have unveiled plans for a new public realm installation on Market Street.
ADI have been commissioned by Preston City Council, who have bought and restored the Grade-II listed red telephone boxes using government funding to create LED displays. Councillor Anna Hindle, cabinet member for arts and culture at Preston City Council, said: “The refurbished telephone boxes will create a real digital spectacle that you won’t want to miss, aiming to create that new Instagram-able moment in the heart of Preston’s historic Harris Quarter.” Also, in collaboration with Studio
Cobal launches new community partnership with local school
obal has announced a new sustainability partnership with local school, St Bartholomew’s School, to supply its material off-cuts for use in their 3D design classes. Up-cycling the company’s aluminium off-cuts aligns with both the company’s and St Bart’s sustainability goals for reuse and repurpose. Year 8 students are making spoons from the left-over aluminium, learning skills in cutting, cold-working, and polishing, while GCSE and A-Level students are using aluminium in parts of their developmental models. Sim Richards, co-head of 3D design
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at St Bart’s, said: “It is very satisfying to both save money and repurpose materials which are so valuable as resources for our students and would otherwise be put into landfill. “Instead, students get to take home a useful utensil that they have proudly crafted themselves. Not only are students developing practical skills, they are also learning about how we can take items destined for the bin and turn them into something with value.” Yvonne Speirs, sales manager and sustainability chief at Cobal, said: “It is really exciting for us to see what the pupils are making
John Bridge Architects, the installation will be viewable from the street an offer the council a place to showcase art, themes and local content. Geraint Williams, founder and CEO of ADI, said: “As a local company, we’re proud to be contributing something meaningful to Preston’s city centre. “This project is about using technology thoughtfully – not just to enhance the space, but to give something back, support creativity and build on the investment, creating a public feature that residents and visitors can enjoy throughout the year.”
Students using the off-cut aluminium to create school projects
with Cobal’s leftover materials, that would otherwise go to waste.”
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