Designers

'Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.'

Porsche Design

The Porsche Design Studio creates unique products. For Porsche Design. And for other major brands. Every detail betrays the company's automotive origins. The unique Porsche signature can be seen in the product's engineering, material selection and finish. The result is a perfect combination of design and function. Well-engineered, innovative and pure.

Every design object that is created in the Porsche Design Studio has the potential of becoming a classic. It is here that traditional craft skills go hand in hand with innovative engineering. All of the designs to come out of this studio bear an unmistakeable signature, resulting from their clear and functional forms, the careful choice of materials, and the high quality of their finish. A successful concept that has never failed to capture the prevailing spirit of the times.

http://www.porschedesign-eyewear.de/

Oliver Peoples

Larry and Dennis introduced their wholesale business to the industry at Vision Expo East in 1987. Their collection was filled with original retro and vintage-inspired optical frame designs. Antique metal finishes and all shades of spotted tortoise shell plastic were hallmarks of the collection. The new style impacted the industry on a global level as an emergence of this styling was seen soon thereafter.

http://www.oliverpeoples.com/

 

 

Starck Eyes

BIOVISION
A concept for tomorrow
Philippe Starck and Alain Mikli have invented glasses for the millenium. They unite technical and creative strengths, giving birth to a new concept: The Biovision 
 
An articulation:une human-like micro-clavicule. 
 
Today, instead of the traditional screw hinge, there exists a biomecanical articulation designed like a human clavicule. Inspired from the natural intelligence of a human arm, this articulation has the same freedom of multi-directional movement. The secret of its resitance is a sinew made of twisted composite fiber that can handle up to 187 Ibs of resistance.

http://www.mikli.com/

 

 

Alain Mikli

 Alain Mikli is a French designer of high-end handmade eyeglasses and accessories. Mikli's line features unique colors and shapes, and are a favorite among European celebrities and avant-garde Americans. Mikli claims his use of color is inspired by his Armenian-Lebanese heritage. In 1978, Mikli opened his design studio in Paris. By 1983, celebrities like Elton John helped bring the line recognition by wearing and touting Mikli products. 

http://www.mikli.com/

 

 

Silhouette

 Optimum wearing comfort, lightness and top functionality have traditionally been the hallmarks of any Silhouette eyewear model. With its ongoing research and development activities, Silhouette sets new standards in eyewear design.

The most impressive innovation are Silhouette’s hingeless and screwless “Titan Minimal Art“ frames, which revolutionised the international eyewear market in 1999.

“The concept of the Titan Minimal Art series has become an icon. Uniqueness of design and maximum customer satisfaction are two outstanding features of these frames“, Board member Arnold Schmied jr. is convinced. Minimalism is innovation, for the high-tech material used – High Tech Titanium – permits designing ultra-thin and super-elastic temples that are characterised by resilience and good skin tolerance and make do without any type of hinge.

Due to their low weight of 1.8 grams and optimum fit, the frames of the Titan Minimal Art series were recommended by NASA after exhaustive testing and are now used by all NASA astronauts on their space

http://www.silhouette.com/

 

 

Lindberg

 Handcrafted in Denmark, LINDBERG is the world's lightest titanium frame weighing from 1.9 grams. They are free of screws, rivets, and solderings. A simple, unobtrusive construction that never distracts the attention from the face. The metal frames are made of medical grade titanium wire, a lightweight and hypo-allergenic material. Resulting from its simple and lightweight construction, the frame is incredibly robust and stable. The titanium wire can be colored in various matte-luster or polished hues through an electrolytic process. The nose pads and temple ends are made of medical silicone, a material that keeps the light glasses effectively in place.
LINDBERG is a frame building system with countless possibilities for the combination of colors, shapes, and sizes. Explore the limitless possibilities...

http://www.lindberg.com/

 

 

Oga

OGA by Morel Eyewear introduces the OGA + line, a sub-collection featuring innovative and distinctive eyewear. The OGA 2300 series is the first collection to be launched within OGA + and features metal frame fronts with wood and polycarbonate polymerized, beveled temples created by a patent-pending process that uses no mechanical components. The invisible anti-rocking flex hinge developed to keep the design’s pureness is also patent pending. The MIM (Metal Injection Molding) hinge is assembled without temple screws. The 2300 Series is available in three cultivated woods: walnut (dark brown), bubenga (red-brown) and sycamore (ivory). Each frame comes in two rectangular shapes.

http://www.caseco.co.uk/

 

Koali

Because the world is filled with living things, mutlicolored creatures, gaudy plants, hybrid beings that seems to combine the features of flowers and animals that we humans may vies as distortions, but upon close inspection can be quite breathtaking.

Because this prodigious world hides itself in smallness, in rareness, in the depths of forests and seas, dressed in camouflage so our eyes can non longer see it.

Because there are sea dragons, birds of paradise, clearwing sphinxes and spider plants that we just do not see. We pay homage to this living and colorful world that is ours.

Shoc

SHOC designs are always inspired by impulses from the Nordic capitals. Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen forms SHOC.Their connection to these cities is what has actually formed their way of perceiving and making things:

The Nordic Perspective is based on the Nordic lifestyle, itself a balance between the rugged climate and terrain, and the trendy urban lifestyle. We like to say that we are  “functionally well-dressed”. That is the feeling we like to give every SHOC customer.


Simplicity and honesty expressed in a direct way is the Nordic attitude – these values and a focus on life quality and balance are fundamental . The products too engender these feelings. 

When designing SHOC collection SHOC look beyond convention to create exciting new expressions of this, the Nordic perspective.

SHOC was one of the first brands in beta-titanium on the market. Searching for new materials and cutting edge technologi is a natural part in the SHOC development. SHOC is known for its high quality, comfort and extensive Nordic Design expression.
 

Savile Row

The Savile Row Collection of spectacle frames in classic and traditional styles is hand made by Algha. The Savile Row Collection was launched in 1988 and continues to be made in the traditional way, offering high quality eyewear and timeless elegant styles.

Our glasses frames have been made in London since 1932 and are designed and manufactured by skilled craftsmen - highly experienced in the production of 14 carat rolled gold frames. It takes over 130 hand production processes to produce just one Savile Row spectacle frame and every completed glasses frame receives up to 25 separate inspections. Each operation is monitored by an individual who takes pride in the excellence of their work. Quality is a way of life.

The distinctive Savile Row range goes from strength to strength and its popularity in the eyewear market remains unabated. Traditional vintage shapes, reminiscent of the early part of the century, have evolved from their original form and are now among the hottest-selling fashion themes in eyewear today.

Beausoleil

Frédéric Beausoleil imagines its products in the pure tradition of the French « compagnonnage ». Trained by an old eyeglasses artisan, he works everyday in respect with these principles, and wishes to transmit, with its creations, his love for the quality and high level work.
Frédéric Beausoleil specifically wishes to mix this traditional know-how with a high level of technology in order to develop innovative materials.Beausoleil eyeglasses are known all over the world for their perfect mix of technology and history, of originality and modernity. Beausoleil sunglasses are timeless.

http://www.beausoleil.fr/en/

 

 

Face a Face

 

A beautiful range of French frames with bold use of colour in their combinations of metal and plastic materials.

http://www.faceaface-paris.com/

 

 

 

Sceye

Sceye develop, manufacture and market eyewear concepts with superior quality and innovative design.They offer through true knowledge and genuine craftsmanship,
exclusive and unique eyewear in titanium and solid gold,handcrafted in Sweden.Sceye turn to those whom appreciate true craftsmanship, design,quality and function, independent of where in the world our
customer lives.Why mainstream, go genuine.Sceye eyewear is available in six thematic expressions, equally suitable for men and women. Bold colours and natural hues. Raw titanium
and advanced finishes. Design expressions that are just as strong as you desire to view the world through your own eyes.
Sceye believe. You see!

 

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