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Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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At the Mercedes-Benz Museum, I saw a photo of a housing development that I remembered studying in Design History class: the Weissenhof Estate. I'd forgotten it was in Stuttgart! So I went online to check out the place, called to verify that they were open (since it was Monday, and also the May 1 holiday), and hurried to take the train and bus back over to the west side of town.
The Weissenhof Estate was a model development by the city of Stuttgart planned by Mies van der Rohe, and designed to experiment with new models of housing. It was an image of this townhouse complex designed by J.J.P. Oud that made me suddenly remember the slides in Design History class.
After visiting the Porsche Museum, it was time to head back to the Stuttgart Hauptbanhof to catch the S-bahn to Neckar Park - basically clear on the other side of town. I only had time at Hauptbanhof to pick up a sandwich and pastry in the station, to eat while waiting for the next train.
Unlike the Porsche Museum with its advantageous location adjacent to the station, you do have to walk about 15 minutes from the station to the Mercedes-Benz Museum. It's fairly well signposted, though.
On the other hand, like the Porsche Museum, there's a vanity roundabout sculpture next to the museum. While the Porsche Museum had Porsches mounted on top of three tall posts, the Mercedes-Benz version is a more subtle, extruded 3-pointed star.
When I was looking for a destination around Europe to spend my May 1, International Labor Day, long weekend, I decided to combine Strasbourg, with its charming village feeling, and Stuttgart, known for being the industrial home of Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.
Just after waking up, I hopped on the S-Bahn from Hauptbanhof to Neuwirtshaus/Porscheplatz station. The museum is right there, adjacent to the train tracks.
I was impressed with the service as soon as I walked up to the ticket counter. The attendant proactively asked me if I had taken public transit to the museum. Indeed I had, and upon showing my transit day pass, I learned that I got half-price admission, paying €4 instead of €8! This discount wasn't published anywhere on the website, so it was a very pleasant surprise!
When I first arrived at Valencia airport, I got a single ride metro ticket to the center of town. I was really taken by the cute and surprising artwork on the ticket...
When I was in Valencia three years ago, I walked around the grounds of Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencas, or City of Arts and Sciences, but I didn't have time to go in...
While walking along the banks of Vieux Montreal, I spied Habitat 67 across an inlet, and decided to take a spontaneous trek across the water to see it up close...
Apple is seeking injunctions to stop Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab in several countries around the world, for infringing on its design patent on the iPad industrial design...
I bought a cheese planar from Ikea because I was tired of eating pre-sliced cheese which in America is sliced so thickly...
I'm not sure what the connection is between Ingo Maurer and BMW besides that they're both from Munich, but there was Ingo all over BMW Welt...
Of the following pictures, can you tell which were taken from within the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, and which were taken from within the MAXXI museum in Rome?
Since this is a long weekend for Easter, I decided to take a trip up to Utrecht for the day. Of course, I had to pay a visit to the Rietveld-Schroder House, featured in every design and art history textbook...
Here's an call box in the Rotterdam metro station...
I took a short little excursion to Rotterdam a couple weekends ago, and I visited the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen...
Amidst all of the news of the iPad introduction, the product announcement that really took my breath away was Air New Zealand's announcement of their new long haul product...
Around Frankfurt Airport, there are signs promising a bunch of improvements you can expect with their current renovation and expansion. Among the bullet points are more space, more gates... and "Lufthansa design."
This short animation depicts Sarah Palin showing her first couture collection to Anna Wintour...
The brand identity for the Sochi, Russia Olympics in 2014 was unveiled today...
As seen in the United Red Carpet Club at LAX...
Hotel design isn't something that I've paid a lot of attention to in the past (esp not compared to airplane design!), but now that I'm staying in a bunch of them, I'm beginning to note some interesting things.