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ArticleMYKITA signs unexpected partnership with an LVMH brand
German eyewear designed brand has announced a partnership on a co-branded sunglasses collection with Rimowa, a brand of French luxury group LVMH, which usually entrusts its eyewear projects to its own eyewear subsidiary.
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ArticleBlenders makes it to ‘Prime Time’
How an insult to a sport rival’s mother resulted in shades selling like hotcakes.
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Marchon partners with university on eyewear design course
Marchon Eyewear has announced a new academic partnership with the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) as the university launches its first fashion course dedicated to eyewear design, and also the first of its kind to be offered by a US design university according to SCAD. The course will ...
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Mister Spex launches premium private label lens range
Looking to reposition itself by focusing on optical expertise and to increase the share of prescription eyewear in its sales mix, German-based omnichannel retailer Mister Spex has announced the launch of SpexPro, a private label range of premium ophthalmic lenses. The company said that the new lens offers high standards ...
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The Smiley Company signs new eyewear licensing agreement
The Smiley Company, the company holding the rights for the world famous emoji character, has signed a three-year licensing agreement for the design, production and international distribution of Smiley-branded eyewear collections with bbase Design Group, an eyewear manufacturer based in Hong Kong. The partnership will feature direct-to-retail product offerings as ...
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Eschenbach Optik adds Tom Tailor to license portfolio
Eschenbach Optik, a subsidiary of Inspecs Group, has announced the signature of a new eyewear license agreement with Tom Tailor. Starting in August next year, Eschenbach will develop and distribute a range of optical frames and sunglasses under the Tom Tailor brand.The collections will be available at selected opticians while ...
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… and the Red Dot 2024 winners are…
We are publishing here a comprehensive table with all winners of a Red Dot 2024 in the product design category from the eyewear sector. The links under the product name will take you to their presentation on Red Dot’s website. Red Dot Design Awards 2024 - Eyewear ...
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News briefsTopcon enters partnership for teleconsultations
The objective: to save time and reach rural areas.
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ArticleZuckerberg on smartglasses and AI
As late as a year and a half ago, Mark Zuckerberg believed that smart glasses would need to boast full holographic augmented reality (AR) before they could replace the smartphone as “the main platform that people would use.” He no longer believes this, as he has explained in a 40-minute ...
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ArticleEssilor, MicroOLED developing AR, with EU help
A consortium led by Essilor International has obtained about €6.7 million from an EU funding scheme (Horizon Research and Innovation Actions) for a project called POPULAR, scheduled to run from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2026. The name stands for Prescription Optics Providing a Universal Lens for Augmented Reality, ...
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Marchon and Longchamp renew eyewear license
Marchon Eyewear has announced the renewal of its eyewear license with French luxury brand Longchamp. The collaboration between both companies started in 2016 for the first eyewear collection under the Longchamp brand. The renewed agreement includes the design, development, production and global distribution of prescription eyewear and sunglasses.
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ArticleFrench company offers quick 3D-printed substitute frames
Sometimes it’s not enough to twist the pliers or turn the screwdriver. Sometimes a frame will have a clean break and an optician must send them in for repairs. But what’s the customer to do in the meantime? OOmade – a start-up in Montpellier, France, with support from BPI France ...
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Marchon signs eyewear license with Brazilian fashion brand
Marchon Eyewear has announced the signature of a new eyewear license agreement with Reserva, a menswear brand of the AR&Co Group. The license includes the design, production and distribution of ophthalmic glasses and sunglasses under the Reserva brand name in Brasil. The first collection, which will include a mix of ...
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ArticleZEISS Vision Care publishes results of myopia control research on Asian and Caucasian children
ZEISS Vision Care announced at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) the results of its latest research on the benefits of MyoCare, its myopia control lenses, for Asian and Caucasian children. 240 Chinese children and 304 Caucasian children in Spain and Portugal, all ...
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ArticleTopcon looks outside the core ophthalmic sector
Topcon Healthcare Inc. (THI) is developing something it calls Healthcare from the Eye, establishing for the purpose a partnership with Microsoft in February. The initiative steams from a strategy the Japanese firm laid out when releasing its figures for fiscal 2022, ended on March 31, 2023. As we then reported, ...
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ArticleThirteen eyewear frames received an IF DESIGN 2024 award
IF Design Foundation (IF), the German-based organization behind the international IF DESIGN AWARDS has released the list of award winners for 2024, ahead of the ceremony scheduled for April 29 in Berlin. The IF jury reviews designs submitted by companies across nine disciplines (product, packaging, communication, …) and 81 product ...
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News briefsMarcolin signs K-Way eyewear license
Marcolin has secured a license for the design, production and worldwide distribution of K-Way sunglasses, optical frames, ski goggles and eyewear for children. The deal goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, and will run through Dec. 31, 2030. The first productions will belong to the SS25 eyewear collection. These ...
