Cork pieces by Gisela Simas The Brazilian designer chose cork to create two new pieces of furniture, a co?ee table and a lamp. Case Studies The new proposals by Gisela Simas were launched at the prestigious Milan Design Week, which took place in April 2018, in the scope of the Rio+Design exhibition that was dedicated to Brazilian design. The Dora co?ee table and the Congonhas lamp are the ?rst cork furniture pieces to be created by the Brazilian designer Gisela Simas. The pieces arose from a partnership between the Original Practical Design Limited (OPD) studio, founded and managed by the designer, and Corticeira Amorim, who has supported Gisela Simas in the research and development process of new cork objects. “Sustainable materials are the future. Cork, in addition to having this charact

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