OTQ

OTQ is a Sardinian design brand built on a single material. Ottigu is the Sardinian word for cork, and the company takes it as both identity and programme, joining the carpentry tradition of Sudlegno, a family workshop active for three generations, with the design ambition of Matteo Congiu, who studied product design at IED Cagliari and digital fabrication at IED Milan.

The project was first shown at Salone del Mobile in 2015 and became a company in 2017, the year Congiu designed BISU, presented as the first cork bed in the world. The collection has since travelled to IMM Cologne and Dubai in 2018, the London Design Festival in 2019, Boutique Design New York in 2021 and Maison & Objet in Paris in 2022, with pieces including the Mesa table, the Càscia sideboard and the Ora coffee table.