FIXES

Cigarette butt disposal unit constructed from used oil can, wire, wood, tape, and PET bottle. An open-bottomed (to prevent rainwater collecting in the bottom) receptacle is fashioned from a used oil can nailed/screwed to a wooden stake and painted red. The receptacle is attached to the signpost with duct tape or wire. A PET bottle filled with water is placed inside the receptacle for safe and semi-odorless cigarette butt disposal. To empty the disposal units (3 in the immediate vicinity) one has only to walk around, pick up the PET bottles, and pour the contents into the rubbish (or down the drain, or wherever…). Signage is made of laminated computer print-out.








Materials: Oil Can, Wire, Wood, Tape, PET bottle
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo

Wire and hooks along the entrance fence to a pocket park in Nakano, Tokyo act as storage for community-use gardening/cleaning implements.


Materials: Hooks, Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Old bicycle basket wired on to park fence acts as a supplementary rubbish receptacle.



Materials: Wire
Location: Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Street sign in central Harajuku holding on with the help of wire and tape. Wire bent over walls is a common method of attaching something to the wall without nails, bolts or other methods which leave marks/traces or otherwise damage the surface (see last photo).




Materials: Wire, Duct Tape
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo

Umbrellas attached to wooden stakes with wire protect newly planted shrubs in an informal garden along the Tamagawa cycling track in western Tokyo.



Materials: Wire, Wooden Stakes, Umbrellas
Location: Fussa, Tokyo

A common sight in Japan, a can attached to a fence with a hook and wire for cigarette disposal.

Materials: Wire, Hook, Can
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

An old bike basket attached to the garage structure with wire serves as garage storage.


Materials: Bicycle Basket, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Used tires form a buffer to protect house from possible collisions at intersection.




Materials: Used tires, Wire
Location: Kunitachi, Tokyo

Tops of athletic bars in playground capped with cans for safety. Cans fixed to poles with wire and sealed with electrical tape.



Materials: Cans, Wire, Electrical tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Fence constructed from plastic grill affixed to concrete block reinforcing spikes and metal poles.



Materials: Wire, Plastic Grill
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Corrugated iron sheets form a fence when affixed to metal reinforcing spikes. Plastic stakes fixed to the back provide extra stabilization.


Materials: Wire, Metal Spike, Plastic Stake
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Rope barrier to workshop parking/storage area. Constructed from rope and wire. Wire is used in two ways: (1) To fashion a hook at one end to facilitate opening/closing of the barrier (2) To bind excess rope to the main barrier.



Materials: Wire, Rope
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Fence constructed from many fences. Held together with wire.


Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Simple mailbox catch in wire.

Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

New gate latch constructed entirely in wire. Stunning attention to detail/use requirements.



Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A storage space/fence construced from pieces of a broken fence and corrugated cardboard. Held together with wire and evened out with bricks supports.


Materials: Bricks, Corrugated Plastic, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

A fantastic shot of vehicle-cum-storage via Tokyo Times

Materials: Bicycle, Wire
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Reference: http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/?p=4742

Outdoor lighting constructed from workman’s lamp wired to balcony.


Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Row of cheap solar lamps form driveway lighting when placed in drainpipe holders fastened to chainlink fence with wire.



Materials: Wire, Drain Pipe
Location: Akishima, Tokyo

Bent scrap wire attached to packing strap stabilizer for drainpipe forms a simple hook.


Materials: Packing Strap, Wire
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo