Description
The bark of an olive tree
that no longer exists,
around your phone.
VAIA Cover is made from injection-moulded Olive Matter biocomposite: bio-based TPU with wood fibres from olive trees felled by the Xylella disease.
Every case is born from the scan of a real Apulian olive tree bark.
It is the actual pattern of trees that lived through one of the greatest environmental emergencies in the Mediterranean.
The natural fibres emerge from the material, the grain remains visible, the feel stays warm and tactile.
Every cover model differs from the others because the bark it comes from was different too.
The material that didn’t exist.
For years we asked ourselves one question: what can the wood of olive trees struck by Xylella become?
The answer is Olive Matter™.A new biocomposite developed by VAIA that combines olive wood fibres and bio-based TPU to create a technical, durable material suited for everyday use.
Specifications
| Material | Olive Matter — Bio-based TPU and olive fibres |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm back — 2 mm sides |
| Screen protection | Raised edges on screen and camera |
| Properties | With antibacterial properties |
| Magnetic accessories | Not compatible with magnetic attachment — wireless charging is not affected |
| Production | Injection moulding — 100% Italian supply chain |
| Recyclability | 100% recyclable |
Wireless charging works normally with all standards. There is no need to remove the case.
The olive wood fibres in the Olive Matter material slightly reduce the magnetic attraction force: energy transmission is not compromised, but accessories that attach via magnetic pull — such as wallets and MagSafe mounts — are not compatible.
Seven olive trees, seven textures.
Four colours of the Salento.
Every phone model carries a different bark. Seven models, seven trees, seven unique textures. At the centre of each case, the coordinates of the first Forest of Rebirth in Apulia are embossed in relief.
The bark as surface
The surface of every case reproduces the scan of a real Apulian olive tree bark. Each model carries a different texture: seven models, seven barks, seven unique surfaces. This is not a generic wood inspiration: it is the actual bark of those trees.
The touch of the material
The olive wood fibres are visible and tangible. The eye sees the natural grain of the wood, the hand feels a warm, matte consistency — far from the coldness of conventional plastics. It is the physical presence of the material that tells the story of its origin.
A precise place embossed in relief
At the centre of every case, the geographic coordinates of the first Forest of Rebirth in Apulia, in Specchia (LE) — 39.94700° N / 18.27292° E — are engraved, accompanied by the embossed profile of the territory seen from above.
Four colours of the Salento
Olive Green, Pastel Turquoise, Terra Brown, Light Ivory: four colours born from observing the Apulian landscape, from the red earth to the raking light on the Adriatic Sea.
The palette
“We regenerate
the Mediterranean
scrubland.”
VAIA Cover is the first product of the Puglia Project. A project born to transform a collective loss into a new possibility. Every case directly contributes to the regeneration of Mediterranean scrubland in Specchia (LE). One square metre at a time.
of scrubland
regenerated.
For every case sold.
39.947°N
18.272°E
Specchia (LE) — First Forest of Rebirth in Apulia. The same coordinates engraved on your case.
Italian
supply chain.
From Apulian olive wood to injection moulding.
Every case
regenerates 1 m²
of Mediterranean scrubland.
The contribution is not symbolic. Every purchase directly supports the planting and restoration of Mediterranean scrubland in the first Forest of Rebirth in Apulia. The same coordinates you find engraved on your case.
Why Apulia,
why now.
For years we searched for a way to bring VAIA’s regenerative model to Apulia. We listened to farmers, scientists, institutions and ordinary people to understand together how to respond. Not to replace what was lost, but to let something new grow.
It is from this listening that Olive Matter was born: a material that unites what seemed like waste with the most advanced research into bio-based polymers. A union between territorial identity and technical innovation.
Olive wood from trees struck by Xylella can be moved safely, in compliance with EFSA regulations and those of the Apulia Region. We transform it instead of disposing of it.
The coordinates you carry in your pocket.
The same coordinates engraved on every case. A real place, a measurable impact.
From agricultural waste
to a new material.
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