Seating Repairs in Tape
Cracks in station seating repaired with tape. The gaps between three of the seats are also covered with tape..I wonder why…
Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Oil Can Bin Construction
Several oil cans cut apart, joined together with duct tape and painted form a large commercial-use outdoor rubbish bin.
Location: Nagoya
Materials: Duct Tape, Oil Can, Paint
Rubbish Center Overview
Overview of items fixed and back in use in the rubbish center. The center tool stock comes almost entirely of rescued items from apartment complex trash.
Broom saved from the trash heap with a large helping of duct tape. Now in use.
Detail of hand made rack in rubbish center. Construction in plastic twine and tape.
Materials: Duct Tape, Plastic Twine
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
This example is a note for a pamphlet on “Hand Made Aspects of Mass Produced Housing”. Subscribe to my somewhat-frequent letter HERE if you want to keep in touch easily.
Drying System for Rags
Clothes rack repaired with tape and repurposed as a drying + storage system for rags used by rubbish center staff.
Materials: Clothes Rack, Coat Hanger, Duct Tape, Bags
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo.
This example is a note for a pamphlet on “Hand Made Aspects of Mass Produced Housing”. Subscribe to my somewhat-frequent letter HERE if you want to keep in touch easily.
Parking Protection in Foam and Two Types of Duct Tape
Foam and duct tape create a safe + scratch free parking spot in a tight location.
(Note also how in the left-hand space storage trumps cars)
Materials: Duct Tape, Foam
Location: Nagoya
Neighbourhood Watch in A4 and Tape
Watch out for burglars! This frugal signage warns residents of ambient dangers.
Materials: Laminated Paper, Duct Tape
Location: Nagoya
Real Estate Signage in Laminated Paper, Wire and Tape
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
Fire Extinguisher Storage in Duct Tape
Street fire extinguisher storage secured with duct tape.
Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Watch out for purse-snatchers in laminated A4
Signage in subway station warning of purse-snatchers.
Materials: Duct Tape, Laminated A4
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
Community Safety Signage
Community saftey signage in subway station – watch out for purse snatchers, “Ore Ore” sagi, and break-ins.
Materials: Duct Tape, Laminated A4
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
Tokyo Tower Direction Collage 2
Direction sign for Tokyo Tower at Akabanebashi Subway Station. Constructed of tourist brochure cut-outs and classic Tokyo public trasport duct tape lettering.
Materials: Duct Tape, Tourist Brochure
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
No Smoking, No Parking
No parking, no smoking signage in laminated paper and duct tape. Interesting triangular folded signage on corner.
Materials: Laminated Paper, Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Flying Fox Duct Tape Fix
Flying fox in a playground casually fixed with duct tape.
Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Laminated Signage
Laminated signage in an inner city apartment complex.
Materials: Duct Tape, Laminated Paper
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Signage Saftey in Foam and Duct Tape
Edging of signage made safe with foam and duct tape.
Materials: Foam, Duct Tape
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Menu Secured in Bricks, Twine, and Tape
The outdoor menu for this food store is secured with plastic twine taped to two bricks, the base evened out with broken paving tiles.
Materials: Bricks, Paving Slab, Plastic Twine, Duct Tape
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Station Safety in Tape
From Jared Braiterman (Tokyo Green Space): “I recently saw this crazy Fix on the Marunouchi’s Nakano Sakaue platform. I understand they are doing work, but it seems particularly ad hoc and possibly dangerous on the platform.”
Materials: Duct Tape, Safety Sponge
Location: Nakano Sakaue, Tokyo
Postal Signalling in Tape
“Apartment number 303 is currently vacant, and as a result the building owners have placed green tape over the letterbox to prevent it from filling up with advertising mail. Whenever an apartment is vacant they always tape up the letterbox with green tape.
It appears the occupants of apartment 202 have gone on an extended holiday or business trip and will be leaving the apartment vacant long enough for surplus advertising mail to become a problem. Therefore they, or the building owners, have placed white tape over the letterbox.
If the occupants taped up the letterbox themselves I think to myself “Creative thinking 202″. If the building owners did this then I wonder “Is the different color tape significant, or is it just what they had on hand on the day they taped up the box?, Does green mean vacant and white mean temporarily unoccupied? If so doesn’t this signal to potential burglars that 202 is where the goodies are?”.
This mystery remains unsolved.” – courtesy of Byron Kidd – Thanks again Byron!
Materials: Duct Tape
Big Brother in PET Bottles, Duct Tape and Odds & Ends
“It appears big brother is watching this garbage disposal area but closer inspection reveals that the camera is a cleverly crafted replica made from a plastic bottle wrapped in black duct tape, sporting two drawing pins and with an old stereo cord added to complete the effect. I chuckle every time I pass partly at the fact that its not fooling anybody and partly at the fact that someone crafted and installed the device.” – courtesy of Byron Kidd
Materials: Pet Bottle, Stereo Cord, Duct Tape, Drawing Pins
