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ArticleMaterialise to 3D-print new translucent material
Right across from the Futurology space at this year’s Silmo was a booth for Materialise, the company that supplies frames for the Futurology companies Skugga and Lexilens, not to mention Morrow Eyewear, winner of one of this year’s Silmo d’Or awards. Founded 30-odd years ago, Materialise is headquartered in Leuven, ...
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News briefsMister Spex launches 3D-print customized range
Mister Spex is launching EyeD, its first custom collection of 3D-printed eyewear. The range includes six customizable different models in seven colors that are being offered at 37 Mister Spex stores in Germany and Austria for €249, plus the price of the lenses. The measurements - including parameters such as ...
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ArticleA tour of Silmo’s Futurology
This year’s Silmo show took place over the weekend of Sept 29 to Oct. 2. In Hall 6 was the Futurology space, a showcase for the new and the innovative, curated by designer, optician and artist Sébastien Brusset. Join us for a tour of its companies and products. Laclarée The ...
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Akoni adds optical frames to Valentino
Luxury eyewear group Akoni is launching a first optical collection for its Valentino eyewear license. The initial range includes six models in a total of eighteen colors but the company said it would expand it with its SS24 collection. The frames, which are all made exclusively in Japan from Japanese ...
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ArticlePPG partners with lens coatings’ 3Dprint start-up
PPG has announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Flö-Optics, a start-up specializing in additive manufacturing of ophthalmic lenses’ coatings. Under the terms of the partnership, PPG will supply its HI-GARD scratch-resistant coatings, which are said to make lenses four to six times more resistant to abrasion, to ...
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Safilo expands portfolio and partnership with Tapestry
Safilo Group is expanding its partnership with Tapestry by adding a license agreement with the U.S. luxury fashion group’s Stuart Weitzman brand of women footwear. Safilo will design, produce and distribute globally Stuart Weitzman-branded sunglasses and prescription frames until June 2029 and starting with the Fall/Winter 2024 season. It is ...
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ArticleMeta and Ray-Ban beef up smart glasses with influencers in mind
Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday at the group’s developer conference the launch of the second generation of smart glasses developed in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica and its Ray-Ban brand. For this second generation of the smart glasses, the partners have significantly upgraded several key features from the initial product, the ...
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Zenni Optical to supply lenses for Meta Quest 3
Zenni Optical, which presents itself as “the world’s leading online eyewear retailer,” has announced that is has signed a partnership with Meta for the supply of prescription lens inserts for Meta Quest 3, the new $500 VR headset presented by Mark Zuckerberg, along with the new generation of Meta Ray-Ban ...
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ArticleAmazon smart eyewear range upgrade includes Safilo partnership
Amazon has announced the upgrading of its smart eyewear collection with the launch of seven new styles, including five Echo Frames models, its proprietary brand, and two designs by Carrera, a house brand of Safilo Group. It is the first time that the Italian eyewear company partners with Amazon. All ...
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Coburn and SDC find synergies in photochromic system
Coburn Technologies has announced the launch of a new photochromic system for optical labs. Called CrystalChrome, the new system is the first major product developed in partnership with SDC Technologies, an entity of the Mitsui Chemicals and Coburn’s new parent company since the end of last year. CrystalChrome allows optical ...
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Marcolin adds new licensed fashion brand to portfolio
Marcolin has announced the signature of a new eyewear license partnership with German luxury fashion brand MCM. The Italian eyewear group will design, manufacture and distribute globally MCM-branded sunglasses and optical frames until the end of 2028. The first MCM eyewear collections by Marcolin will be available from January 2024 ...
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De Rigo expands partnership with Philip Plein
De Rigo Group has announced the signature of a new license agreeement for the creation, production and global distribution of PLEIN SPORT-branded sunglasses and prescription frames, a brand of PHILIP PLEIN, the Swiss-based luxury fashion company. The Italian eyewear maker has been the licensee for PHILIP PLEIN’s main brand since ...
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Monoqool launches transclucent 3D-printed eyewear
Monoqool, the Danish eyewear brand specializing in lightweight and 3D-printed eyewear has announced the launch of semi-transparent 3D-printed glasses, which it says is a world premiere. The new translucent glasses feature a screwless hinge system, adjustable temples and non-slip end tips and nose pads. The company also highlighted the eco-friendly ...
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News briefsFrench specialist in readers extends its line
Nooz Optics, a French specialist in reading glasses, is expanding its collections to sunglasses and eyeglasses with the release of a new line of 35 models. Called Nooz Eyewear, the line makes use of Korean titanium and stainless steel as well as Eastman’s Acetate Renew. Nooz now produces some 200 ...
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News briefsMost Ray-Ban Stories shelf-bound, says WSJ
According to an internal document obtained by the Wall Street Journal, less than one in ten pairs of Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses ever sold are in regular use. Meta developed the product with EssilorLuxottica and released it almost two years ago, in September 2021. By February of this year it ...
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EssilorLuxottica signs perpetual global license with Kodak
EssilorLuxottica and Eastman Kodak Company have announced the signature of a perpetual worldwide license agreement granting the Italo-French group the exclusive right to use the Kodak brand for all products and services connected to its business. The brand has been part of the group’s portfolio of lenses since 2010 and ...
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Safilo renews three licences
Safilo Group has announced that it has extended until 2027 its partnership with Juicy Couture for the design, production and global distribution of optical frames and sunglasses under the Californian apparel and accessories brand. The Italian-based eyewear company has also renewed until the end of 2028 a similar agreement with ...
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ArticleEssilux to address hearing deficiency with glasses
EssilorLuxottica is moving into a new market, hearing aids, but with a twist. The company has established a “dedicated Super Audio team” and in-house research & development. More importantly, however, it has acquired the entirety of an Israeli company called Nuance Hearing. Nuance is the result of two brothers’ quest ...
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News briefsBMW solves the heads-up problem for motorcyclists
BMW Motorrad is providing motorcyclists with the same sort of heads-up display that drivers of cars have enjoyed for years now. Its solution to displaying information (gear engaged, speed, speed limit, street names, etc.) without requiring the rider to lower his eyes is smartglasses. It has developed these with a ...
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ArticleTen eyewear frames receive a Red Dot design award this year
Red Dot, the German-based company organizing every year since the early 90’s the eponymous international design competition, announced last month the winners of its Red Dot Design Awards for 2023. We take a look below at the ten eyewear frames that were rewarded this year. You will find one picture ...
