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Mealbox by Alet and Dag Igland

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A new design for a Japanese bento lunch box? Doesn't that belong on the The Kitchen? Well, it would, except this isn't a bento box at all. It's a...

 
 

...dining room table and chairs set!

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Mealbox is a 27- by 30-inch box less than 18 inches high that opens to a low dining set. The fully assembed table, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, is 90" long and seats 6. When the dining table's not in use, the packed-up kit can double as a coffee table.

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The design is by Norwegian designers Alet and Dag Igland of Ignald Design. The materials are birch plywood reinfoced with carbonfiber. The seat tops are padded with neoprene rubber.

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Very cool!

posted by Mid-C Frank on 2007-04-09 13:33:07
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OK, that is made of several degrees of awesome...I may have to go without groceries just to own that..

posted by Jaie on 2007-04-09 13:37:47
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That's gotta be one of the most impressive products for compact living and entertaining!

posted by gregory on 2007-04-09 14:29:15
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Is this a prototype, or is it something that one could buy right now? Prices/retailers aren't listed on their webpg. Regardless, very very cool.

posted by ami on 2007-04-09 14:41:48
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Possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen on this site.

posted by mjoe on 2007-04-09 15:26:56
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Brilliant!

posted by reen on 2007-04-09 15:45:39
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ooh, tell me the white box flips upsidedown to make a mini-buffet?

posted by Luke Radford on 2007-04-09 16:38:14
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Seriously, this is so amazing. I have to have it.
Where can I get it?

posted by sepic on 2007-04-10 14:00:54
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