Cork offers great resistance to heat and scratches as such there are already coasters made from cork sold in the market. In his design, de la Bedoyere shaped the table using inverted cork cones that serve as built-in coasters. They measure approximately 90–100mm in diameter at the top, perfectly sized to support a cup. Then the cork cones are wide at the base for stability.

At Milan Design Week 2025, Rockwell Group introduces Casa Cork, a full-scale design initiative created in collaboration with the Cork Collective and Corticeira Amorim, the world’s largest cork producer. The project combines immersive installation, public programming, and a student design competition to spotlight cork’s role in sustainable architecture and product design. The space invites professionals and the public to engage directly with cork as a material of purpose and possibility.

While fiberglass and polystyrene remain popular, an unexpected champion is making a quiet but powerful comeback: cork insulation. Naturally sourced, impressively durable, and remarkably effective, cork is proving to be one of the smartest choices for sustainable home comfort.

Today, virtually 100% of harvested corkwood can be reutilized. Therefore, at every stage from the forest onward, Cork Supply has developed closed-loop systems to capture all excess and sub-grade corkwood by-products. Cork Supply has installed a centralized vacuum system throughout our production facilities to capture this cork dust before it reaches the air. This also creates a cleaner, healthier work environment. We have begun to substitute the use of natural gas and electricity by biomass. The result of this is 535,6 ton of CO2eq p/year that are not released into the atmosphere

Cork is a natural, reusable and recyclable raw material, extracted from cork oaks without ever harming the normal development of the species or damaging the tree.

The extracted cork is fully used in the production of its various applications. After being transformed and fulfilling its function, it can be reused in the production process.

Using cork in the cabin of a car may sound a bit out of the ordinary, but it all makes perfect sense for Mazda: the company began life in 1920 as a cork manufacturer known as Toyo Cork Kogyo.