Oat Foundry’s airport message board (Split Flap) is a modern mechanical marvel. Serving as a key focal point for brands, our airport message boards are used as functional, yet stylish signature displays in airports and transit halls.
Let’s take a jump back to the 1950s. During the exciting early age of travel, mechanical airport message boards, aka Solari displays, would transition through departures, creating a cascading flow of information. But these large boards weren’t just transit signage; they created mechanical, dimensional motion that passengers just couldn’t ignore.
Today, Solari no longer creates these mechanical boards. As the closest to the classic Solari on the market today, our airport message boards (Split Flaps) are known for scale, size, and long-distance legibility.
Watch our airport-style message boards flip into place. Our displays, equipped with real electric gears, use kinetic energy to move and cascade messages into place.
What does it mean to be architecturally integrated? With an Oat Foundry airport message board, that means choosing customizations, sizes, and installation styles. We have 100+ size options and customizations like symbols, logos, and custom frame colors.
Split Flaps can be customized with logos, colors, and symbols, in addition to text.
Oat Foundry’s module and text compared to consumer, off-the-shelf signage.
With signage, size matters. What makes Oat Foundry’s modernized airport message boards the perfect fit is the larger text and module scale that far exceed fixed-size alternatives. Our displays have an ADA-compliant font and text size of 2.5 inches, framed in a 6-inch module (similarly sized to the classic Solari boards).
Find an airport message board that seamlessly fits into your space, in terms of design and functionality. Mount your display over a coffee bar or point-of-sale, recess it into custom millwork, or suspend it from the ceiling.
Learn more about the possibilities of a custom airport message board with our sign installation styles.
Our airport style message boards (called Split Flaps) are custom architectural installations. We’ve worked with companies like Google, Starbucks, and Nespresso on creative collaborations, ensuring our custom installations not only “fit” the design and style of a space, but also serve as a functional brand focal point.
20 Row x 24 Column Display at Walker Center
In the heart of Salt Lake City, the historic Walker Center uses a 20 Row x 24 Column Split Flap display in Classic Black as an interactive concierge. Styled perfectly with the building’s modern Art Deco interior design, the board was designed in collaboration with Modern Outwest and Vectra Management. Using text, custom color flaps, and pixelated art, the board welcomes visitors and shares weather and building updates.
6 Row x 40 Column Display at Buck & Rider
Buck & Rider, a seafood restaurant with several locations in the Arizona desert, features multiple airport style message boards across their restaurants. Blending industrial charm with steakhouse sophistication, the Classic Black Split Flaps (such as the 6 Row x 40 Column Display pictured above) rotate through daily catches, specials, and signature dishes, adding movement and texture to the dining experience.
5 Row x 7 Column Display at the University of Arizona
The centerpiece at the University of Arizona’s Scottsdale Center is a captivating 5 Row by 7 Column Picture Flap display, driving attention through tactile, analog motion. Innovating beyond typical static or digital university signage, the display adds movement and storytelling to the visitor experience, fostering pride and wonder from students and staff.
7 Row x 32 Column Display at Julith Coffee
Helmed by Turkish barista champion Serkan Sagsoz, the Dubai-based Julith Coffee features exquisite coffees from around the world. Shortly after opening, Julith procured the most expensive beans ever purchased at auction, and thanks to their in-house roastery, crafts some of the world’s best cups of joe. Continuing the brand identity of craft and cobalt, their 7 Row by 32 Column Cobalt Split Flap display serves as a dynamic airport-style message board, cascading through cafe events and updates.
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