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.

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture ‘mercado negro’ – chair

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture ‘mercado negro’ – table

 

 

 

the process:

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture the reclaimed and disassembled shopping cart being cleaned

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture parts ready to be reconstructed

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture bending the plastic to create curves for the chair

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture cutting the cart to desired size

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture preparing the metal components – legs, stands, supports – of the furniture pieces

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture working together

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture

 

ramon coronado's mercado negro shopping cart furniture welding the chair’s metal leg supports