{"id":342912,"date":"2010-02-20T05:48:34","date_gmt":"2010-02-20T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/entry\/wilson-brothers-create-formula-1-race-car-replica-using-recycled-puma-shoe-boxes\/"},"modified":"2010-02-20T05:48:34","modified_gmt":"2010-02-20T10:48:34","slug":"wilson-brothers-create-formula-1-race-car-replica-using-recycled-puma-shoe-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/342912","title":{"rendered":"Wilson Brothers create Formula 1 race car replica using recycled Puma shoe boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/20\/puma-car_EJKTt_69.jpg\" alt=\"puma car\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Car replica created from recycled materials. <\/p>\n<p>UK-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsonbrothers.co.uk\/\">Ben Wilson Design<\/a> has designed a Formula 1 race car replica using nothing more than recycled Puma shoe boxes. The design was a part of an installation at Puma\u2019s new store at North State Street, Chicago and portrays the company\u2019s ongoing relationship with motor sports. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/weblog\/cat\/8\/view\/9220\/wilson-brothers-formula-one-car.html\">replica<\/a> was put together by creating a 3D scanned replica car and then hand fixing the different shapes from cut out shoe boxes to finally create something unique. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"341\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pa8HFEeh2FA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pa8HFEeh2FA&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"550\" height=\"341\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--Gallery:4099--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other cars replicas created from unconventional materials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time eco-conscious designers have created car replicas from materials that nobody will find anywhere near car manufacturing facilities. There have been a host of materials chosen for these unique works of art, which range from Styrofoam to cheese. Click on the image below to check out a few more car replicas created from unconventional materials:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecofriend.org\/slideshow\/mercedes-mclaren-f1-replica_69\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/20\/matchstick-car_F5GPi_69.jpg\" alt=\"matchstick car\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmowatch.com\/entry\/an-awesome-f1-race-car-resurrected-from-puma-shoe-boxes\/\">Gizmowatch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Car replica created from recycled materials. UK-based Ben Wilson Design has designed a Formula 1 race car replica using nothing more than recycled Puma shoe boxes. The design was a part of an installation at Puma\u2019s new store at North State Street, Chicago and portrays the company\u2019s ongoing relationship with motor sports. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}