PresentationPoint has launched Split-Flap TV in a bid to bring the power and beauty of the traditional split-flap display to a wider audience. By offering the format as a digital display board ...
Long-time and frequent travelers may already be familiar with split-flap boards which deliver relevant information in an audible and visual treat for the senses. Now, the company Oat Foundry has ...
The iconic split-flap board at 30th Street Station was removed this past weekend, but with any luck a new (and similarly noisy) board will take its place. While the novelty of the original, vintage ...
One solution to the challenge of standing out in a sea of LED video walls and digital signage is to go completely in the other direction – analog. The problem, of course, is that updating old-school, ...
Standing in the Gare du Nord train station in Paris in 2012, Dorrian Porter was transfixed by a sign. The station’s arrivals and departures board—a classic split-flap analog sign that constantly turns ...
The Split-Flap TV, inspired by the nostalgic departure boards reminiscent of railway stations and airports, pays homage to a bygone era where information unfurled through the charming clicking and ...
As cool as split-flap clocks and displays are, they do have a few disadvantages. The mechanism sticks out on the side, and the whole thing relies on gravity. Some people don’t care for the visual ...