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innovation, is open to students of design. Maruyama from Japan for Kintsugi MM-0078
The Optical Design prize was awarded to Adi (Sunglasses Eyewear Designer); British brand
Abramov from Israel for ‘Unfoldable. X’. These Kirk & Kirk’s newly launched Thor in Citrus frame
are eco-friendly designer frames in a minimalist from the Centiles Collection (Optical Frame
design made of recycled plastic and limited Eyewear Designer); Parasite Design from France
use of materials. for Karma (First Class Trade Fair Prize). Austrian
The winners of the prestigious Silmo D’Or brand Neubau Eyewear’s Xenon received the
were Belgian Odette Lunettes’s Cadet in the Jury’s Special Award.
children’s category; Italian brand OUT OF for In partnership with Silmo Paris, the
Bot with IRID lenses (sport); Israeli company International Opticians Association awarded the
Shamir’s Metaform (vision); French company International Optician of the Year Award to Grant
Voxiweb’s VoxiVision (low vision); Italian De Hannaford from Australia.
Rigo’s Philipp Plein VPP081 (optical frame
brands and labels); and French brand Christian A daily news report summarised the events,
Lacroix’s CL5108 134 (sunglasses brands and plus there were interviews, debates and live
labels). The Technological Innovation in Eyewear broadcasts on silmoparis.com, YouTube, and all
award went to French company Phibo Eyewear the social media of Silmo Paris.
x SO'CLASS for 1.618 O; and the Technological The next edition in Paris is from 29
Innovation in Connected Products to Swedish September to 2 October 2023. Prior to that are
company Skugga Technology AB.
Silmo Istanbul from 17 to 20 November 2022,
The other awardees were Masahiro and Silmo Singapore from 12 to 14 April 2023.
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