Cortiça – a collection of hand-crafted products developed to showcase the wonderful material; cork. The Cortiça brand is built on three pillars; sustainability, wabi-sabi and craftsmanship.  

Cork is an extremely sustainable material, and the bulk of the credit goes to the cork forests of the Mediterranean, an ecosystem that acts as a natural carbon sink absorbing 10.6 tons of CO2 per hectare! Wabi Sabi is a Japanese philosophy that teaches finding beauty in imperfection and cork, with its crumbly, rough nature is an elegant physical manifestation of this. Working with cork by hand gave the team an increased sense of appreciation for the skills of craftsmen. 

The collection of products features bags, a belt and a travel watch case showcasing the versatility and vast possibilities of cork. The team has also put together a few other concepts of products that use cork to add to the Cortiça collection.