HIGH-TECH EYEWEAR

The Future is NOW.

Are you ready for a trip into the future? Get an inside look at specs’ sexiest new tech today, from the latest in 3D printing to shockingly lightweight materials and smart eyewear you simply haven’t seen before. Forward-thinking design, happening now. Because the future is so bright…

PHOTOGRAPHED BY DAVID DOUGLAS
STYLING + WORDS BY ERINN MORGAN

At First Sight (from left): Marc Jacobs MARC 54/S 84JO5 from Safilo with an interchangeable lens design, Calvin Klein 2147S color 625 from Marchon, and Orgreen Yoko 656 ultra-light titanium sunglass with flash mirror.

Futuristic Design (from left): AdlensFocuss AD1004 features first-of-its-kind Variable Power Optics lens technology (which mimics the eye’s natural dynamic behavior and gives the ability to adjust glasses for near, intermediate, and distance vision with the turn of a dial), Aspire Artistic cateye from ClearVision crafted of notably thin and light SDN-4 proprietary nylon and colored with a process similar to hydrographics (3D printing also employed in the prototype phase to reduce development time), Brioni BR0001S in color 003 from Kering Eyewear with a new, high-tech hinge, and Blake Kuwahara KAHN in grey marble frame-within-a-frame design and production concept.

Cutting Edge (from left): Club Level Designs CLD9905 from Silver Dollar Optical in ultra-lightweight and durable UTX material, iHuman FindMe F15001-0004O from MAD Vision with GPS chip to locate glasses via phone (and conversely find phone via glasses), Roger Bacon Eyewear made-to-measure 3D-printed eyewear from Eyenavision (which utilizes a biometric scanner to provide the patient’s precise facial dimensions), and Gunnar Cypher computer eyewear crafted from handmade acetate and stainless steel.

Revolutionary Vision (from left): Hackett Bespoke HEB161 from Mondottica in ultra-lightweight UTX (said to be 30% lighter than a standard frame) with riveted hinges, l.a.Eyeworks Burbank (a reissue of a radical 1988 frame design in titanium and beryllium), NanoFlex Essen in color WHFU from Etnia Barcelona crafted of a highly flexible and strong alloy (stainless steel with chrome, copper, and titanium), and OVVO Optics model 2488, a one-of-a-kind, surgical-steel-titanium composite originated from spacecraft technology plus a patented hinge that can pull a plane, according to the company.