{"id":305719,"date":"2026-02-19T07:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305719\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:46:13","slug":"nik-bentel-rethinks-lidl-shopping-cart-for-wire-framed-trolley-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/305719\/","title":{"rendered":"nik bentel rethinks lidl shopping cart for wire-framed &#8216;trolley bag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>nk bentel and lidl introduce the \u2018trolley bag\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2013based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/nikolas-bentel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nik Bentel Studio<\/a> has a knack for reworking everyday objects into sharply executed design pieces, and its latest release, the Trolley Bag, follows that logic with dry humor. Developed in collaboration with German supermarket chain Lidl, the bag distills the familiar wireframe shopping cart into a compact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/fashion-design-phenomenons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">handbag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fabricated from stainless steel, the piece retains the cart\u2019s recognizable grid structure and tubular handle, scaled down and refined into something wearable. A chain strap allows it to hang at the shoulder, while a trolley-coin detail nods to the mechanics of European supermarket carts. The materiality remains intentionally industrial to give the bag a sculptural presence that feels closer to product design than conventional fashion.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1178290 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lidl bag nik bentel\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nik-bentel-lidl-trolley-bag-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Nik Bentel Studio scales down the supermarket trolley into a stainless steel handbag | images \u00a9 Nik Bentel Studio<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>playing with consumer culture<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Lidl Trolley Bag builds on Nik Bentel\u2019s growing body of work that plays with consumer culture \u2014 most notably the Croissant Bag, which translated a bakery staple into a leather accessory. With this latest creation, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasbentelstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">studio<\/a> shifts from food to infrastructure by taking an overlooked retail object and reframing it as a collectible design piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As with previous releases, scarcity is part of the concept. The bag launched around London Fashion Week in limited quantities, reinforcing its position somewhere between fashion drop and design experiment. In Bentel\u2019s hands, even the supermarket trolley becomes a study in material, proportion, and the strange appeal of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1178293 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lidl bag nik bentel\" width=\"818\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nik-bentel-lidl-trolley-bag-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a familiar retail object is reframed as a limited-edition collectible<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1178292 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"lidl bag nik bentel\" width=\"818\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/nik-bentel-lidl-trolley-bag-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the Trolley Bag retains the cart\u2019s tubular handle and metal lattice at shoulder-bag size<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>project info:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>name: Trolley Bag<\/p>\n<p>designer:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasbentelstudio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nik Bentel Studio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nikbentelstudio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@nikbentelstudio<\/a><br \/>collaborator:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lidl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lidl<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lidlgb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@lidlgb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"nk bentel and lidl introduce the \u2018trolley bag\u2019 \u00a0 New York\u2013based Nik Bentel Studio has a knack for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,16300,61,60,144015],"class_list":["post-305719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fashion-design-phenomena","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nikolas-bentel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}