LED signs have evolved far beyond the flat, rectangular shape we are all familiar with. Various shapes are custom-designed to meet creative and functional demands. From 360-degree displays to edge-to-edge designs, these diverse configurations allow businesses to enhance their branding, captivate audiences, and seamlessly integrate digital visuals into physical spaces. Here’s a look at the many shapes of LED screens and how they bring versatility and aesthetics to businesses.
Timeless Utility of Flat Screens
Flat rectangular or square LED screens remain the most common choice for businesses due to their simplicity and practicality. Their modular design allows scalability in both width and height. These are perfect for digital signage, presentations, advertisements, scoreboards, and indoor or outdoor video walls.
Immersive Viewing with Curved Screens
Whether concave or convex, their unique shape draws viewer attention and offers a panoramic effect. These create a modernist look for billboards on large buildings, extending visibility with a wraparound design. Businesses can use them to create standout displays in retail stores, exhibition booths, or entertainment venues. They increase engagement with far more immersive visuals.
Surround Visuals with Circular LED Screens
Whether overhung, freestanding or wrapped around an interior, these create end-to-end visuals that blend aesthetics with functionality. These offer 360-degree viewing for airports, shopping malls, stadiums, and reception areas. Their space efficiency gives you more exposure with one installation. They also soften sharp lines for a smoother configuration.
360° Appeal with Spherical and Cylindrical
Cylindrical screens wrap around pillars or are freestanding, while spherical screens create globe-like structures that display content from every angle. These shapes are highly effective in spaces where people move around the display. Shopping malls and airports can use cylindrical screens for advertisements and information. Spheres can be used in science centers, museums or entertainment venues to showcase videos, light shows, animations or brand concepts. Did you know that the Las Vegas Sphere has 580,000 square feet of LEDs that can be seen from space when lit?
Optimal Exposure with Cube or Double-Sided Design
These space-saving shapes allow you to double or maximize visibility without taking up additional space. Event planners can use cube screens to create standout installations in the middle of venues, while transportation hubs can use dual-sided displays for announcements or advertising. These can feature in malls, showrooms and museums. The 3D nature of a cube sign is inherently more engaging than a flat display. Its unique shape draws attention and stands out in crowded or competitive spaces.
Enhanced Creativity with Polygonal and Custom Shapes
Polygonal shapes like triangles, hexagons, or completely custom designs allow businesses to break away from traditional formats. These displays can transform a space into a visually dynamic and futuristic environment. These can solve space issues through customized fits and configurations. Brands can use logo designs, and entertainment venues can use them to amplify aesthetic appeal.
Adaptive Designs with Wave Screens
Where rigid shapes do not fit, bent, folded or wrapped shapes that create wave-like designs afford greater flexibility to display content. These can wrap around buildings, walls, columns, and other architectural features. Shopping malls, retail stores, entertainment venues and art centers can utilize this shape to create an immersive atmosphere. These create continuous displays and a unique visual impact while accommodating odd spaces.
Minimalist Messaging with Ribbon Screens
These thin, ribbon-like LED screens have a sleek and modern appeal. They are ideal for text displays or decorative lighting. Often used as ticker displays or to add to dynamic visuals of larger displays, they have greater versatility due to their shape and size. Stadiums, corporate lobbies, stage venues, parking spaces, trains and buses can use these to display information, advertisements and PSAs.
Dynamic and Futuristic Designs by LED Craft
There’s more to LED signage than traditional design. The many forms they take increase the versatility of their configuration. The new and improved versions can fit any surface and space.
LED Craft is a leader in innovation. We build signs with a customized fit and design for your spaces. Our signs carry the latest specs and technology to give your sign a winning edge. Learn more about designing dynamic and futuristic LED signboards for your brand.
