Kord and Bark Wrap the Cuboid+ Power Strip in Reclaimed Elm

Kord and Bark Sweden have wrapped the Cuboid+ power strip in reclaimed elm, and they'll sell you the shell for SEK 695 (about $70) starting November 14, 2026. The Cuboid+ itself is sold separately.

Power strips usually earn the least glamorous spot in a room, tucked behind furniture or under a desk. That's understandable when the alternative is leaving a plastic block beside carefully chosen furnishings. Kord and Bark offer another option: the Wooden Case for Cuboid+, a sleeve that looks more at home next to wooden furniture than any molded housing would.

What does the case actually change?

The shape stays simple. A broad square top, softly rounded edges, and circular openings around the sides leave the sockets accessible. Two smaller cutouts accommodate the USB-C ports, and a notch clears the cable.

The wood changes the surrounding surfaces rather than disguising what the object does. It still looks like somewhere to plug things in — thankfully.

The case doesn't add any outlets or charging features. Underneath, the Cuboid+ still supplies three sockets and two USB-C ports, letting a lamp and charging cables share one compact connection point. Kord says the shell slides on and off, so you can change its appearance without buying another power strip simply because the old one no longer suits the room.

Designer: Gustav Rosén (Kord) x Bark Sweden.

Where the elm comes from

The material has a more specific history than the usual reference to Scandinavian forests. According to Kord and Bark, the elm grew beside the River Tidan at Åreberg Farm in Sweden's Skaraborg region. When Dutch elm disease forced the tree to be felled, Bark reclaimed the timber. Its natural variations now give the cases different patterns, despite their otherwise identical shapes.

Getting that timber around an existing electrical product takes more than carving out a rough opening. Bark uses precision woodworking and CNC machining to shape the cases, which are designed and manufactured in Sweden. The curved edges and carefully placed apertures follow the Cuboid+'s layout, leaving the elm to supply the decoration. There's no need to print a pattern when the material already provides one.

Two founders, one workshop reunion

There's a personal connection behind the collaboration. Kord's co-founder and Bark's founder studied mechanical engineering together at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm before following separate paths in design and manufacturing. Their reunion is a practical meeting of those skills: matching the existing Cuboid+ geometry with Bark's experience machining reclaimed hardwood into everyday accessories.

What it won't do

A wooden shell won't untangle the leads or hide the chargers plugged into those round openings. It also adds material around a perfectly functional device, even if that material has been reclaimed. What changes is where you might be willing to leave it — reaching beside the sofa to charge a phone sounds preferable to fishing behind it for a power strip you've hidden.

For US consumers, there's another consideration before getting attached to that grain. The Cuboid+ uses European Schuko Type F outlets rather than the sockets found in American homes.