Clothes hangers stored outside on a piece of string hung from the rafters. Compact, convenient.



Materials: String
Location: Nagoya
Apartment structure and door frame form two posts for a clothesline made of string right in front of the washing machine.


Materials: String
Location: Nagoya
Trees support a laundry pole construction in Tokyo’s Tachikawa suburbs.


Materials: Laundry Pole
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Trees support a bamboo pole based washing line construction in Tokyo’s Tachikawa suburbs. I love the way the structure blends in with the surroundings – its temporary form touching lightly on the landscape.
A flexible, elegant and economical solution to a very domestic need.






Materials: Bamboo, Twine
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Pegs/Clips stored along streetside gate.

Materials: Gate
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Apron hung out to dry by its strings under a shop overhang (bottom left).

Materials: Apron
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Hand towel drying rack constructed from clothes hanger and bulldog clip. Last photo demonstrates the strength and necessity of the bulldog clip in the strong Shibuya wind.



Materials: Clothes Hanger, Bulldog Clip
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Clothesline in garage constructed from pegs hung from poles hung from ropes attached to garage structure.

Materials: Rope, Poles
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo