Pencil is a coffee table with a geometrical reference to the pencil.
It’s available in three different dimensions: 50 x H 40 cm; 50 x H 50 cm; 50 x H 60 cm
Available in black natural cork or with the lateral faces covered with white cork.
Blackcork is a Portuguese contemporary furniture brand. The essence of the brand is based on the transformation of a material: expanded black cork. Sofalca, a company from Portugal, manufacturer of black cork expanded agglomerate since 1966, for thermic and acoustic insulation in construction and decoration in architecture, is now design editor: intended to sublimate the subject betting heavily on original and innovative design with the brand Blackcork. The designer and art director Toni Grilo invited the talented new generation of Portuguese designers to develop the first collection of 2014.
It is only used cork of the branches (falca) for the manufacture of cork granules. These are block clusters in autoclave, being 100% natural process, without use of additives. The technology, developed by Sofalca, consists of injecting water vapor through the pellets that will expand and agglutinate with the resins of the cork itself.
This collection was presented during Maison&Objet, January 2014.
Special thanks to Toni Grilo Design Studio and Sofalca
2014
It’s available in three different dimensions: 50 x H 40 cm; 50 x H 50 cm; 50 x H 60 cm
Available in black natural cork or with the lateral faces covered with white cork.
Blackcork is a Portuguese contemporary furniture brand. The essence of the brand is based on the transformation of a material: expanded black cork. Sofalca, a company from Portugal, manufacturer of black cork expanded agglomerate since 1966, for thermic and acoustic insulation in construction and decoration in architecture, is now design editor: intended to sublimate the subject betting heavily on original and innovative design with the brand Blackcork. The designer and art director Toni Grilo invited the talented new generation of Portuguese designers to develop the first collection of 2014.
It is only used cork of the branches (falca) for the manufacture of cork granules. These are block clusters in autoclave, being 100% natural process, without use of additives. The technology, developed by Sofalca, consists of injecting water vapor through the pellets that will expand and agglutinate with the resins of the cork itself.
This collection was presented during Maison&Objet, January 2014.
Special thanks to Toni Grilo Design Studio and Sofalca
2014
production of the cork blocks
testing different heights
Presentation at Maison et Objet, January 2014
