PERFORATED 'Perforated' is a simple side table constructed from four sheet-steel legs and a solid-wood tabletop. The pieces are cut by a computer-controlled router, shipped completely flat, and the assembled by the purchaser at home. The table is formed by folding the sheet steel legs along the perforations and then pressing them into a groove on the underside of the tabletop. 'Perforated's' unique construction lends itself well to an internet-based mass-customization business model; purchasers could combine various leg shapes and colors with multiple tabletop shapes and finishes, and have a customized table shipped to their home. (Just imagine how hot an aged-oak tabletop with chromed legs would look.) Perforated was designed in collaboration with George Aye, under the name Aye&Berman. + Currently only in prototype form, interested parties may contact Craighton Berman. + Exhibited at Design Within Reach in Chicago for the 2007 Modern + Design + Function competition.
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