Maite is the founder of the cork products brand [ MADAM EN LIEGE ]
Year founded: 2020
Design and office location: France 🇫🇷
Raw material sourcing location: France 🇫🇷 and Portugal 🇵🇹
Manufacturing and production location: Layrac, France 🇫🇷
Meet the founder
Maite loves life and is one of those who are aware that it passes by quickly and that every moment is precious. She appreciates every moment... Her mantra: we don't know what tomorrow holds, so life is now! Passionate at heart, she loves art and creativity, dance, music, drawing, cooking, travel... She firmly believes in the well-being brought by craftsmanship and questions its environmental impact, consumption, and waste production.
A chemical engineer, for 7 years she held management positions, particularly in Research and Development and sales. With her experience, she ultimately sought to be more in line with her aspirations and values, and felt the need to feel useful.
About the brand
The idea then came to her to create MaDam en liège, an eco-responsible brand of cork products: bags, accessories, jewelry, stationery, etc. to offer an ethical and responsible solution, beneficial for the planet, for ourselves, for children... She grew up with a mother who sewed her outfits, so assembling fabrics seems completely natural to her! It was love at first sight between her and cork, she loves this nod to nature, as she has great respect for it. Today she is honored to create bags and accessories with cork, a material that, in her opinion, has so much quality. Being Polynesian, she likes to combine cork and fabrics with island flowers to give birth to warm and colorful creations.
It is in the southwest that these creations combining natural cork and warm colors come to life.
The eco-responsible impact
The MaDam en liège brand is an artisanal brand that was designed to limit its impact on the planet at every stage of manufacturing. All the stages of making (cutting materials, assembly, finishing...) are done by hand in her workshop in Lot-et-Garonne. She designs and manufactures all the products in the collection herself. All the materials and supplies used come from France or neighboring countries (Germany, Italy, Portugal...). She is passionate about working with this beautiful material that is cork: a natural, durable, and vegan material.
The values of the brand
👤 Know-how ↓
All products are designed and manufactured artisanally by her.
🇫🇷 Made in France ↓
All creations are made in her workshop near Agen, in Lot-et-Garonne.
🇪🇺 Made in Europe ↓
All items are made in France.
💎 Limited edition ↓
The items are made in very limited series depending on the stock of materials available at the workshop.
🐨 Vegan ↓
The fabrics are of plant origin: cork or cotton.
🗓️ Made to order production ↓
All models are customizable and can be ordered on demand. The making time is then extended.
[ Warm accessories that respect our values ]
