The essence of the brand is based on the transformation of expanded black cork
Blackcork represents a journey through innovative design, exploring a material with unique characteristics – expanded black cork.
Toni Grilo, Blackcork's creative director, was invited to bring his innovative vision, and gather other creatives, to a project that reaffirms the importance of cork's design and versatility to create timeless products with a strong connection to sustainability.
Blackcork was created in 2014 by Sofalca, a renowned expanded black cork agglomerate manufacturer for thermic and acoustic insulation in construction, decoration and architecture, since 1966.
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 "cooking" gives also a dark color to the agglomerated cork, like chocolate. In the production of steam is used biomass, obtained on milling and cleaning the falca, what makes it truly ecological production and without waste, 95% energy self-sufficient. As a super-material, cork offers so many advantages, because in addition to its excellent thermic, acoustic insulation and antivibration characteristic, it is also a CO2 sink playing a key-role in the environment.
Blackcork represents a journey through innovative design, exploring a material with unique characteristics – expanded black cork.
Toni Grilo, Blackcork's creative director, was invited to bring his innovative vision, and gather other creatives, to a project that reaffirms the importance of cork's design and versatility to create timeless products with a strong connection to sustainability.
Blackcork was created in 2014 by Sofalca, a renowned expanded black cork agglomerate manufacturer for thermic and acoustic insulation in construction, decoration and architecture, since 1966.
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 "cooking" gives also a dark color to the agglomerated cork, like chocolate. In the production of steam is used biomass, obtained on milling and cleaning the falca, what makes it truly ecological production and without waste, 95% energy self-sufficient. As a super-material, cork offers so many advantages, because in addition to its excellent thermic, acoustic insulation and antivibration characteristic, it is also a CO2 sink playing a key-role in the environment.
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