Tom & Simon
2017
2017
Desire for transparency led Tom and Simon to look at local manufacturing.
They experienced design as a journey, working with opticians, eyewear school teachers, wholesalers...
Surely the biggest challenges was the hinge part. Which usually is a metal part machined in a foreign country and transported over thousands of kilometres. This insight led them to design a new type of flexible, 3D-printed hinges that snap on and off.
They experienced design as a journey, working with opticians, eyewear school teachers, wholesalers...
Surely the biggest challenges was the hinge part. Which usually is a metal part machined in a foreign country and transported over thousands of kilometres. This insight led them to design a new type of flexible, 3D-printed hinges that snap on and off.
