# Grocery Cart Furniture Ramon Coronado Transforms an Everyday Object for Mercado Negro Project By Jessica Marcel | Published 2010-01-20 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mercado-negro References: [design-milk](http://design-milk.com/mercado-negro-by-ramon-coronado/) & [ramoncoronado.info](http://www.ramoncoronado.info/_archive/2009/mercado_negro/2009_mercado_negro.html) This modern furniture art project by Ramon Coronado was inspired by the challenge of turning an everyday object into a new everyday object. For the project, referred to as Mercado Negro (meaning Black Market), Coronado chose a grocery cart and, amazingly, transformed it into a [seat and table](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/interactive-transformation-table). And, perhaps just to show off, he made a swing and a lamp too. Mercado Negro is a great example of potential [ecological solutions for leftover objects](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/furniture-capsule-1) from everyday life. For more photos of the transformation behind Mercado Negro, check out the links below. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.7/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 13% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Upcycled Furniture:** Ramon Coronado's grocery cart transformation demonstrates the trend of repurposing everyday objects into new furniture pieces. - **Ecological Design:** The Mercado Negro project showcases the trend of creating sustainable and eco-friendly furniture by giving new life to discarded materials. - **Multi-functional Furniture:** Coronado's use of the grocery cart as a seat, table, swing, and lamp represents the trend of versatile and adaptable furniture designs. ### Who This Affects Most - **Home Decor:** The upcycled furniture trend presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the home decor industry to create unique and sustainable pieces for consumers. - **Sustainability:** The ecological design trend offers opportunities for the sustainability industry to develop innovative solutions for repurposing and upcycling waste materials. - **Furniture Manufacturing:** The rise of multi-functional furniture opens up possibilities for the furniture manufacturing industry to create space-saving and versatile products for consumers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Waste-Incorporated Chair Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/knoll-chairs.md) - [Stylish Shopping Trolleys](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/roulette-carts.md) - [Unexpected Boundary-Pushing Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/atypical-chair.md) - [Fishing Container Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/common-neglect-material.md) - [Cardboard Box Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/karton-furniture-collection.md) - [Fruit-Inspired Furniture Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fruitinspired-furniture-collection.md) - [Upcycled Waste Material Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-furniture-design.md) - [Latin Playground-Inspired Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-sum-of-small-parts.md) - [Eco-Friendly Intricate Furniture Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rosana-sousa.md)