Giant chairs, floating clouds and abstract boxes: forget anything as commercial as wanting to sell a product.
Hordes of creatives from all four corners of the globe are this week descending on Tokyo for the city's annual Designers Week.
And firmly rooted at the more conceptual end of the spectrum is DesignTide Tokyo, whose presentation consists of an exhibition and market in Tokyo Midtown as well as "extension" events around the city.
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