Park bench constructed from household seating and plastic twine.
See “Bus stop chairs are gifted, unmatched, and spontaneous” for an insightful take on the subject (on Tokyo Green Space).
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Simple hanger made of Tokyo DIY essentials plastic twine and s-hooks (Tokyo’s superglue) keeps onions tasty in early autumn.
Materials: Plastic Twine, Hooks
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
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.
Signage for a local kindgarten play-day makes use of a bush in a local park.
Materials: Laminated Paper, Plastic Twine, Tree
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Tokyo based design researcher Celine Mougenot introduces this great DIY sound system spotted in Okinawa.
Materials: Plastic Twine (?)
Location: Okinawa
Trees decorating the entrance are stabilised with plastic twine and string
Materials: Plastic Twine, String
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Streetside storage for net used on rubbish day.
Materials: Shopping Basket, Plastic Twine, S-Hook
Location: Akabanebashi, Tokyo
A construction of traffic cones and barriers held together with wire and plastic twine supports an old awning and cordons off the unused shop front.
Materials: Plastic Twine, Wire, Traffic Cones, Traffic Barriers,
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato) advertisement on lamppost. Constructed of a cardboard box, plastic twine, and wire ties.
Materials: Cardboard Box, Plastic Twine, Wire
Location: Kunitachi, Tokyo
As I rode my kick scooter across Tokyo from Shibuya to Ochanomizu, on the way to the Tokyo Mapping Workshop in the heat of summer I turned a corner in a deserted backstreet and ran straight into these monsters…… so tall they need to be tethered to the chain link fence for support as they wither.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Lots more Tokyo sunflowers [HERE] and on Tokyo Green Space [HERE]
Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening
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
Pamphlet stand outside during business hours – tied to the pedestrian railing with plastic twine for stabilisation.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Using many metres of plastic twine, a local coffee shop owner has trained a flowering creeper up and down both sides of the paved lane outside their shop.
Even though seemingly random, the complex web of twine takes a non-trivial amount of time, thought and effort to construct.
The web has been prepared to guide an independent creeper along the fence line of a vacant lot, creating a lush green waist high curtain.
I especially like the way the corners have been densely woven (images 8,9,10), enabling thick growth and thus a cool and shady habitat for insects, cats and other animals.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
This goya is being trained up and over the pathway in front of the apartment building to the balcont of a first floor apartment.
I like the way that the owner has not only appropriated the patch of earth in front of her residence but also created a physical (and visible to all) connection between the two.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
A4 sign signalling a no-entry zone at rugby training.
Materials: Laminated A4, Plastic Twine
Location: Hino, Tokyo
Banned from smoking in the newly built residence (the last one burnt down) the man of the house has created a smoking area in his outdoor sink with an opened empty beer can tied to the stand with plastic twine.
Materials: Beer Can, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
[Thanks to Joseph Tame, Tokyo-based freelance marketing manager, new media producer, entrepreneur, performer and marathoner for this garden fix originally posted on his microblog]
“With the onset of string winds, I replace *Twinkle’s* ex-jewellery stand with this ex-umbrella, carefully dismembered with my favourite pair of pliers.” (Joseph adds – “I did actually ask my wife before I took her jewellery stand to use as a stake to hold the sunflowers up.”)
Materials: Umbrella, Plastic Twine
Location: Meguro, Tokyo
Plastic twine strung from the top an exterior spiral staircase to the fence below creates climbing structure for an asagao (Morning Glory). An interesting take on the classic balcony green curtain.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Another entry in the “security or stabilization?” series..[e.g. 1], [e.g. 2].. This one looks as if it is secured to keep the tree from obstructing the front entrance.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Yanaka, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)
PET bottles (soft drink and shochu) filled with water secure a store banner and stabilise promotional flags.
Materials: Pet Bottle, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
