ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture

ramon coronado’s mercado negro shopping cart furniture

LA-based designer ramon coronado‘s project ‘mercado negro’ – which means ‘black market’ in spanish – was a 12-week long project which dealt with reclaiming mundane objects, disassembling and transforming them into new pieces. coronado took apart shopping carts and reconstructed them into a swing, chair, table and lamp. the work is meant to comment on the lack of parks and functional recreational spaces within los angeles.

‘mercado negro’ – chair

‘mercado negro’ – table

the process:

the reclaimed and disassembled shopping cart being cleaned

parts ready to be reconstructed

bending the plastic to create curves for the chair

cutting the cart to desired size

preparing the metal components – legs, stands, supports – of the furniture pieces

working together

welding the chair’s metal leg supports