# Portable Dining Tables The Swallow Table Offers Familial Seating with a Modern Travelling Design By M | Published 2016-03-17 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/familial-seating References: [design-milk](http://design-milk.com/swallow-dining-table-built-easy-travel/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds) & [austejaplatukyte](http://www.austejaplatukyte.com/) The SWALLOW dining table designed by Austeja Platukyte offers familial seating in any setting with a modern and [portable design](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/taso-tray-table) that allows users to set the table up virtually anywhere. The furniture piece features a [compact design with instant set up](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mini-folding-table) that is ideal for quickly putting together a space to seat several individuals. This is ideal for consumers living in smaller spaces where having a permanent dining room set-up isn't attainable. The SWALLOW table allows consumers to achieve the same large-scale dining area on a temporary basis. Platukyte's table offers a reconstructable design made from a [wooden table top with legs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/slide-table-1) that can be slotted into triangular grooves. Once the table is set, a linen table cloth can be securely incorporated for added style thanks to the tabletop's two end slots. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.7/10 - Popularity: 84% | Activity: 80% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Familial Seating:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation lies in creating portable dining tables that can accommodate larger groups of people in any setting. - **Portable Design:** There is potential for disruptive innovation in designing dining tables that are easily collapsible and transportable, catering to consumers living in smaller spaces or frequently moving. - **Compact and Instant Set-up:** The trend of compact and instantly set-up dining tables presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in creating efficient and user-friendly designs that can be assembled quickly and easily. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Furniture Manufacturing:** The furniture manufacturing industry can explore disruptive innovation by developing portable dining tables that offer quick and easy set-up with compact designs. - **Home Decor:** Opportunities for disruptive innovation lie within the home decor industry to create portable dining tables that combine functionality with aesthetic appeal, catering to consumers in smaller spaces. - **Real Estate:** The real estate industry can consider disruptive innovation by incorporating portable dining tables as a selling point for smaller living spaces, offering flexibility and versatility to potential buyers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Rolled-Up Wooden Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sofan.md) - [Industrial Shapeshifting Table Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jointable.md) - [Portable Folding Barbecue Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gather-table.md) - [Modular Table Seatings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modular-table-and-chair.md) - [Multifunctional Park Picnic Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/foldable-picnic-furniture.md) - [Puzzling Removable Tray Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/conceptual-puzzle-table.md) - [Multifunctional Magnetic Folding Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/folding-table.md) - [Folding Scandinavian Table Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lounge-table.md) - [Transforming Stool-Integrated Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/quartet-side-table.md)