Accordioning table hidden in a rolling cupboard
Nobuhiro Teshima's "Mobile Dining" table is intended for tiny Japanese dwellings; the table folds away to stash in its own rolling cupboard, and can be raised or lowered for use for dining or gaming.
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Pffft dining? No its definitely a gaming table :)
The website it's linked to says that it was designed for dining in Japanese homes, whilst seated on the floor, and without chairs.
No mention on the site of it being adjustable height, although that would be very cool.
Great idea, but desperately needs to be adapted to Western design (i.e., chair-height.)
it reminds me of the angry cooker on the moon in Nick Park's "A Grand Day Out"
just had a look on the link, and this is a genius idea.
It could easily be adapted to a longer leg and raised action to accommodate European diners.
I would seriously buy a euro version of this
A euro version would have to add fold-out chairs. :)
I want this on Instructables.
I soooo want to take one of these camping. My friends and I tend to group together at large camping events, to include such amenities as a kitchen tent and sunshades, and I could easily see one or two of these in camp.
I agree with 6! My wife and i are tired of our Viking wedge tent which is now too small for three (2 big one Small) and are looking to buy a 20' Yurt. This table would be an awesome companion to my portable stove, bamm instant cooking/dining/pantry!!!
This rocks. And Rolls.
Demidan, a 20' yurt can be pretty difficult to set up. If you are dead set on a yurt, I recommend a model with two center poles; my 16' ger without central poles is nearly impossible to set up by myself and tedious with two people, especially whilst tracking a little one.
If you aren't fixated on the advantages of the round form, I recommend Panther Primitives wall tents. They are extremely easy to set up and can be fitted with stove holes and split corners (I strongly recommend the split corners; they let you roll up or fly out the walls as you wish, so that you can get connected to outside space much like the yurt does through the smoke-hole).
Cory, thanks for the link! The table is awesome... I must build one.
My grandparents have an old (maybe an original) version of this with folding chairs they bought a long time ago
For the Euro version, you could store a set of wooden folding chairs in the cabinet as well.
Very cool.
ACTUALLY, when I saw this I thought 'Bed frame' before I read the text. You could roll the frame out at night, and the mattress could be stored in the upper part of the cabinet.