FIXES

Non-Intentional Design: Investigating alterations of space/objects at the public/private boundary in suburban Tokyo, Japan. A resource by a-small-lab.com. Contact: Chris Berthelsen chris@a-small-lab.com

Cheerful Rubbish Center Signage

Cheerful hand made signs instructing residents to (1) flatten plastic bottles and (2) remove the cap and label from plastic bottles before placing them in the recycling sack.

Cheerful Rubbish Center Signage
Cheerful Rubbish Center Signage

Materials: Paper, Pegs, Coat hanger
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.

Sink with Peg

Peg transforms hose and basin into stable sink for store cleaners in central Tokyo.

Sink with Peg
Sink with Peg
Sink with Peg

Materials: Peg, Basin
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo.

Recycling Bottle Caps

Plastic basket secured to fence with peg provides a spot to place bottle caps to add recycling. Small tag attached with twist-tie makes purpose clear.

Recycling Bottle Caps
Recycling Bottle Caps
Recycling Bottle Caps
Recycling Bottle Caps

Location: Nagoya
Materials: Plastic Basket, Peg, Plastic Twist-Tie

Mega-Cities: Design Anthropology and Urban Landscapes
I'm delighted and honoured to have my FIXES work included in Jared Braiterman's Tokyo University graduate seminar on mega-cities.
You can download the syllabus [HERE]


Thanks to the URBAN DESIGN Lab 西村・北沢・窪田　都市デザイン研究室, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo for making this a featured resource of their lab [LINK]

Vision Plus 2010
Thanks to the organizers of the conference for selecting this project as a featured resource, even though I was not able to attend.

Article: Small Places of Anarchy in the City: Three Investigations in Tokyo on This Big City

Article: The Non-Intentional Landscape of Tokyo - read at This Big City

Article: Framework for Neighbourhood Creative Climate - read at This Big City

Tokyo Green Space from Jared Braiterman is a great inspiration [LINK]

Urban Bricolage by @ehooge is an inspiring site on a related theme [LINK]

Treepolis by Christoph Rupprecht inspires me with investigations into informal green space, cities, and urban ecology with a focus on Australia and Japan [LINK]

Everyday Structures by @alanwiig is another fine site in the same vein [LINK]