Coordinated by a Project leader and developed by multidisciplinary
teams of designers, cork experts and industry representatives,
the “Design Cork” research project aimed at the development
of new value added products and solutions. The aim was to
combine Sustainable Design and Cork materials and technologies
based on a mix methodology, integrating “Action Research” and
“product development methods and techniques”, including four
integrative levels to achieve sustainable product innovation
(Mestre et al., 2009; Mestre, 2013), as depicted in Fig. 4: