Aug 14, 2023
"What can we do with what we have ready to hand?" -- Cristóbal Sciutto

"The Parisien corn cart affords a table and a secure storage area. It is mobile. Its metal mesh allows for ventilation, while minimizing weight. Combined with tensioned lumber, the mesh can secure a tin can. The can, with two large perforations, serves as a brazier. Its support and holster combine to form a buffer, avoiding burns. Elements can be positioned in transveral increments of an inch, as well as placed at three distinct vertical positions. Signage can be attached with ease. "The corn cart is exemplar of post-industrial bricolage. It takes advantage of existing infrastructure (shopping cart, industrial lumber, and tin can production), distorting it to new unimagined uses. In recycling mass-produced industrial dejects, it takes advantage of economies of scales. Under conditions of duress, it is easy to acquire. It is a tactic that sustains economic life."

This post is part of my Freewheeling Apps Devlog.

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