MATERIAL  DESIGN  DELFT,    DECEMBER  3RD  2014    

Ana  Mestre    

RESEARCH  &  DEVELOPMENT    DESIGN  CORK  FOR  FUTURE  INNOVATION  AND  SUSTAINABILITY    2006  -­‐  2009  

SOBREIRO  |  CORK  OAK  

CORK  EXTRACTION  IN  THE  FOREST  

CORK  PRODUCTS  LIFE  CYCLE  

CORK  STOPERS  AND  THE  REUSE  OF  CORK  PRODUCTION  WASTE  

GRANULATES  AND  VARIETY  OF  CORK  COMPOSITES  

CONVENTIONAL  PRODUCTION  SYSTEMS  

DESIGN  PROCESS  IN  MULTIDISCIPLINARY  TEAMS  

CONCEPTUAL  DESIGN  AND  PRODUCT  DEVELOPMENT  

PROTOTYPES  DEVELOPMENT  

PRODUCT  RESULTS  

FINAL  PROTOTYPE  EXHIBITION  |  MUSEU  FUNDACAO  BERARDO  |  MAY  2008  

THE  BRAND  a8er  research  

 Since  2009  

   

Portuguese   Brand,   launched   in   2009,   uses   cork   –   the   largest   Portuguese  renewable   forest   resource    –     in   the  design  of  exclusive  and  differenOated  products   (furniture   and   accessories)   with   unique   sensorial   properOes   and  excepOonal   environmental   characterisOcs.   Target   to   internaOonal   markets  which  values  quality,  creaOvity  and  eco-­‐efficiency.  

CORQUE  BRAND:  FURNITURE  AND  HOME  ACESSORIES    

Eco-­‐eficiency  +  DiferenciaOon  +  Quality    

COMERCIALIZATION    

INTERNATIONAL  PRESS  

www.corquedesign.com  

Obrigado!  ana.mestre@susdesign.org