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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Near the fish and chips shop, a series of painted parking signs on the sidewalk caught my eye...
Toronto is served by an efficient network of subway, buses, and street cars. However, the signage for these modes of transit are confusing as they look so similar to one another...
Montreal sees a lot of snow and these signs were a common sight around Vieux Montreal...
At all of the churches in Rome, and at the Vatican, signs were prominently displayed showing what to wear, and what not to wear...
No, not Japan's Anpanman, this is (East) Germany's Ampelmann, or "traffic light man." He was one of the first people I encountered in Berlin...
Throughout my two weeks in Turkey, I've gotten the feeling that Turkish people have a perpetual twinkle in their eye. At least when they're talking to me. Maybe they're laughing at me inside... But in any case, this undercurrent of humor translates to their warning signs, which have an amazing diversity of designs...
We often turn to Europe for design leadership. But in the case of mass market commercial design, it seems nothing can compare to good ol' American design, and the component that I think Americans do best, brand marketing...
I find that the street signs in Buenos Aires are a lot more pregnant with narrative, compared to the ones I see in the US...
