Ten design projects from a burgeoning generation of Japanese designers

A slender-framed bamboo chair, electrolytically coloured steel furniture and tiles pigmented with micro-algae feature in this roundup of products exhibited at Designtide Tokyo.

Designtide Tokyo, a platform for independent designers, returned to the Japanese capital last year after a 12 year hiatus "to give hints" as to what the design industry could be like in the coming years.

The event brought together design projects from more than 30 designers, mostly from Japan as well as South Korea, Taiwan and the UK.