The silhouette of a champagne cork inspired Herzog & de Meuron to design the Corker furniture, which can be used as a stool or side table. The addition of a marble version to the popular product family brings out the monolithic character of the design even more: the object made of colored natural stone looks like a sculpture in the room. “One could almost understand the Corker as a Pop Art object, because it emerged directly and without any notable plastic transformation by enlarging an existing object in our everyday culture,” says Jacques Herzog. The furniture made of polished or matt marble is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also to the touch: the tactile properties of natural stone invite