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POSTHUMOUS hand over the IOA’s Special Recognition award in memory of
IOA AWARD a truly great man. Bernard never underestimated the work
of the optician - they were the last piece of his Varilux jigsaw.
FOR BERNARD The IOA Special Recognition Award citation reads –
MAITENAZ “This certificate has been awarded to Bernard Maitenaz in
recognition of his groundbreaking and enduring influence
on the optical profession and to the visual well-being of
spectacle wearers around the world.”
MODO GETS PRESTIGIOUS RED
DOT DESIGN AWARD
Pioneer, visionary and
inventor of the Varilux
progressive lens, Bernard
Maitenaz passed away at the
age of 94 in Paris in the last
week of February 2021.
To celebrate his numerous
achievements, the International Eyewear company, Modo, has received a Red Dot Award:
Opticians Association, Product Design 2021, for its R 1000 + Titanium collection.
awarded Bernard Maitenaz The Red Dot Award celebrates design and recognises some of
a posthumous award in a the best products over the past year. For the 2021 competition, a
ceremony which took place panel of 50 international jurors considered products “in search of
in Paris. The ceremony was good design and innovation,” against criteria that included the
attended by a host of dignitaries product’s quality and longevity.
from the world of optics, as well
as Benoit and Alban Maitenaz, Sharing the news via a press release, Modo Eyewear stated,
son and grandson of Bernard, “We are proud to announce that our innovative R 1000 + Titanium
respectively. collection has been recognised with the Red Dot Award: Product
Design 2021. With more than 18,000 entries, the Red Dot
As per IOA, Bernard Award is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious design
Maitenaz made a ground- competitions.”
breaking contribution to the
development of the optical Modo’s award winning frames feature memory plastic and are
profession and left a lasting and “super light” and flexible. The brand has also introduced features
permanent mark on the visual such as hidden screwless hinges and PVD coating technology for
well-being of spectacle wearers a shiny finish on its Beta-titanium temples in its latest collection.
around the world. Additionally, the frames feature a new colouring technique, in
which two colours are joined in the same piece of R 1000 material
Speaking at the ceremony, to create a layered front with different hues.
Elaine Grisdale, director of
development for the IOA, said: While announcing the winners of the Red Dot Award: Product
“Bernard was an innovator and Design for 2021, the organisation shared: “This year, the jurors were
his innovation was something particularly struck by the high level of innovation of the award-
that has revolutionised people’s winning entries,” adding that many of the products “offer solutions
lives along with the whole to contemporary problems and thus make a key contribution to
sector. I am proud to be able to the further development of global living standards.”
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