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‘They’re not going to be pushed around any more’
You know how horror movies are sometimes designed around a lack of budget? In this short film, the bloodthirsty killers are shopping carts! Once you get past that bit of silliness, this actually resembles a sequence from feature films you’ve seen. -Thanks, Anthony Carpendale!
Mike Bouchet of Cumulus Studios in Miami converted steel shopping carts into functional lounge chairs:
They are constructed from existing supermarket shopping carts. The metal is bent back and forward to create the shape of the seat and the child’s seat is reconfigured into an adjustable head rest. Sensible yet comfy cushions complete the lounge. Several versions will be presented including one chair fitted with a parasol and another tricked out with a night time reading light.
Just add some cushions and it’ll look like a good patio chair.
Link via OhGizmo! | Bouchet’s Website | Photo: Cumulus Studios
Los Angeles-based artist Ramon Coronado made furniture from shopping carts. He calls the project “Mercado Negro” and his ambition lies in “reclaiming an ordinary, everyday object and transforming it into a whole new object.” At the link, you can see many more pictures, as well as photographs from his workshop as Coronado constructed these pieces.
Link via Fast Company | Photo: Ramon Coronado
It might not be comfortable or all that functional, but this shopping cart chair is just undeniably cool. It can even work as a wheelchair if necessary. Instructables can tell you how to make one of your very own.
