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Tree and plastic bag form an easily disposed of ashtray in a local park.

Materials: Plastic Bag, Tree
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Railing at the entrance to a below ground level restaurant transformed into an oversize menu/promotion board with extensive use of tape and laminated paper.

Materials: Laminated Paper, Railing, Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Traffic signage put to a different traffic related use with the help of marker and paper.

Materials: Paper, Marker
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Narrow frontage and cluttered streets combined with a fast-pasted real estate sector call for flexible, cheap and prominent signage on Shibuya streets. This one combines laminated paper attached to a horizontal signpost and secured with wire and duct tape.

Materials: Laminated Paper, Wire, Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Laminated A2 signage with a backing of cardboard box displays six levels of information on the alley/service gate to the main building. Another layer of MS Office default text added to the already cramped Shibuya street.

The (off center) cut-out for the door handle maintains the practical use of the gate while rendering the QR code unreadable.

Materials: Cardboard Box, Laminated Paper
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo

Storage/Barrier constructed from wood planks on sloping street (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Materials: Wood
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Man-made green adds functionality (all weather use) and safety (non-slip?) to a patch of less-desirable real grass (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Materials: Astroturf
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Hanging garden on residential entrance stairs (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Material: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-Kuyakushomae, Tokyo

“Which came first?” lovely bicycle storage under house on a slope (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Umbrella drying on a stairway railing (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Materials: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-honcho, Tokyo

A lovely planter in a tight spot (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Pot plant composition (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Umbrellas drying on apartment balcony (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)

Materials: Railing
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo

Wild flowers plucked from a nearby informal garden and placed in an empy tea can/bottle decorate a smoking/drink machine ‘rest spot’ outside of a suburban office.

Materials: Can
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo

See also Jared Braiterman‘s documentation of toilet beautification using the same technique [on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening] and [Tokyo Green Space]

Street fire extinguisher storage secured with duct tape.

Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Tokyo based design researcher Celine Mougenot introduces this great DIY sound system spotted in Okinawa.

Materials: Plastic Twine (?)
Location: Okinawa

Anti-Graffiti posters in laminated A3 and MS OFFICE.

Material: Laminated A3
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Street map in Shibuya annotated with print labels.

Materials: Print Labels
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

The temporary stalls in Shinjuku Station are powered by overhead sockets, necessitating umbrella storage on-site for the morning plug-in.

Materials: Umbrella
Location: Shinjuku Station, Tokyo

Impromptu and hard to miss lost and found repository.

Materials: Post
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo