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Nobuhiro Teshima of Atelier OPA has created an expandable Mobile Dining unit that can have you ready for unexpected guests… all 8 of them! Designed for a Japanese home in which floor seating is most common, the compact unit expands and contracts to accommodate even the smallest of spaces. Fantastic!

Update (08.2011):
Here’s a demo video that was created for the 2011 James Dyson Awards, in which the Mobile Dining unit made it into the Top 15.