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BLACKCORK
BLACKCORK is a contemporary furniture
and lighting brand, created in 2014. The partnership between Sofalca an the designer and creative director Toni Grilo, was the begining of a great journey that brought us to where we are today. The essence of the brand is based on the transformation of a material: expanded black cork.
BLACKCORK is a contemporary furniture
and lighting brand, created in 2014. The partnership between Sofalca an the designer and creative director Toni Grilo, was the begining of a great journey that brought us to where we are today. The essence of the brand is based on the transformation of a material: expanded black cork.
TONI GRILO
Creative Direction
Designer and Art Director, Toni Grilo was born in France in 1979. Graduate by the École Boulle in Paris in 2001, he immediately goes to Lisbon, continuing to develop projects in France. At the end of Europe, finding its roots, he discovers a rich industrial and craft country, and is obsessed by the beauty of technical processes and materials. After various collaborations, he decides to stay permanently in Portugal: he founds in 2005 a first agency, Objection with the designer Elder Monteiro, but in 2008 he opens his own studio, creating products, furniture and scenography.
