A Produkt made of Kork

Did you notice how I cleverly wove the company and product name into the blog post title there? Today's discovery is the iPad Kork cover. I'm completely addicted to my iPad (thanks dad!) but I made a seriously bad decision when, in a fit of over-confidence and joy instilled by the presence of my brand new tablet in my hands, I decided to treat myself and my father to covers. Cue lots of concern over how they actually worked (they're more complicated than you'd think) and general despair at the sheer ugliness of the things. Pleather and diamonte-studded items glared down from their shelves and it was with relief that we finally found two plain black, does-what-it-says-on-the-tin versions. However, had I heard of A Produkt, the Danish company based in Porto (the design capital of Portugal), I'd have snapped up one of these Kork iPad covers in a heartbeat. Here is yet another example of the lengths that the Portuguese will go to to use up all of the cork they have lying about the place now that those pesky screw-caps have become so popular. Other than the trendy alternative spelling, this cork cladding is a fantastic idea!