A few years ago, Gene asked what happened to the IDEO shopping cart?

Well, look what we saw in Japan!

Anne demonstrates how the basket mates with the cart

Minimal cart hardware stacks tightly

Is this the cart, finally? Or did their design partly reflect a solution already in place in other parts of the world?

Tags: atomiq, design, gene smith, grocery store, ideo, Japan, karuizawa, nightline, shopping cart, the deep dive, tsuruya

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In Canada, Loblaw’s / Superstore has a modular cart / basket system. But there’s no silly on board scanner or other IDEO camera candy.

Comment by Jess McMullin 01.21.08 @ 11:53 pm





When I was there I thought it was from IDEOs idea…
…but I saw this type of cart everywhere, with different designs.
And some of those supermarkets had really old ones so…
Ps. I was there from 2004 to 2007.

Comment by Carol Fujita 12.26.08 @ 9:03 am





Thanks, Carol, for the extra data!

Comment by Steve Portigal 12.26.08 @ 9:38 am




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