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I guess it would be good for 3 people...
..but not so much for 4.

At that price? No thanks! I'll eat on the couch!

I am guessing it's the "ingenious" (read patented) folding mechanism that makes the table so expensive. But I would imagine a stationary version could be a CB2 possibility.

On the matter of the Ligne Roset price, if the folding ability allows you to create an occasional dining/entertaining area without having to pay the additional rent and moving expenses for an apartment with a dedicated dining room, then it sort of pays for itself over time. (for example, if your apartment WITH a dining room would cost $200 more a month, and a CB2 table would be $399, the Ligne Roset table would begin to save you money at about 13 months...)

I am sure euro has much to do with the cost. Not sure this would be a good investment for the long haul although.
I have the Piet Hein Superellipse table for about 15 years it was very expensive for me at the time. Its so well made and I can break it down very easily when I need to and has been a nice piece. I would buy Fritz Hansen pieces over anything from Ligne Roset any day at least I know Fritz Hansen is making them where as LR who knows where.

I don't even need it to fold. It's nice!

at that price, i better be able to do more than just fold away for storage. maybe if it also had wheels and i could drive it to the market.

dM hit the nail on the head.

Before posting terms like "knock off wishlist", you should really consider your professional ethics within the field of design. Many factors go into the pricing of a product, and companies that invest in innovation, research, and quite frankly-- original design-- will have more expensive products. You can either save up or find alternatives, but to suggest a knock off is just insulting to the design field to which you blog about.

oh fueledbycoffee, knocking off is just a form of flattery.

Or should good design only be available to those who can spend more on a table than some people spend on cars?

Ok, this is what I don't get about the obnoxiously expensive "space-saving" furniture. Why not just spend that money on rent for a bigger apartment?

As for "knocking off," while I do agree with fueledbycoffee to some extent, on another level, I have to say that these ligne rosset, et al. themselves knock off other designers. Look at a lot of mid-century danish pieces that we now consider great works of design. Even they were highly derivative from other designers. Jalk, Juhl, Vodder, and Risom all borrowed (to put it loosely) from each other to a great extent. While I do believe in originality and don't think that EVERYTHING is derivative, a lot of things are and so when I ikea or cb2 "copy" something, they might not even be copying an "original."

I agree with Fueledbycoffee. I hate that AT would even suggest another company "knock-off" furniture. How about if CB2 or Ikea take inspiration from this table and create something unique that fits a lower price point.

I think AT needs to take a higher road and really honor the fact that designers take a lot of time to develop new furniture. That normally equates in higher costs to the consumer. Plus, do you think Ligne is making the quantity of furniture that Ikea is? Ikea's quality is crap, it is disposable furniture.