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An Industrial Designer's Hingeless Eyeglasses
Designed by Paul Cohen, for Paul Cohen
Paul Cohen is a veteran industrial designer who hails from Australia. He's been an iF Design Award jury member for the past decade, and runs his own design studio in Hong Kong. He's reached that point in his career where he can design and fabricate things for himself, like these eyeglasses that have no hinge:
The magnets are nifty. That said, it would drive me nuts if I had to assemble and disassemble my eyeglasses every time they went in or out of the case. But these aren't meant for the mass market: As Cohen writes, the glasses are "Designed by me for me."
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My question; Are these a real product, or shown as well-rendered digital images?
Outstanding... & actually, I rarely fold my glasses anyway. I never put them in my pocket (no kanyards either). I'm assuming there's someway to keep the earpiece clocked correctly with a key or someting.
> I'm assuming there's someway to keep the earpiece clocked
See it now!
It's hard to argue with any of the decisions being made here because this is explicitly not a commercial project. As someone who has worn glasses for over 20 years, I would hate to have to disassemble and use a special case every time I want to put them away. But if Paul doesn't mind that, we can simply focus on the aesthetic choices. These are certainly an attractive pair of glasses, and there is something to be said about how thin the overall form factor becomes when disassembled.
My mind immediately goes to tent poles with elastic cords pulling the segments together. I'm sure the fastening required to add elastic cords to these eyeglasses would ruin the aesthestic he's going for. Likewise, I can't help but imagine more magnets to "fold" and hold the temples against the frame for storage. Then again, I think the best solution is to just pay for the Lasik.
Is interested to know how often most people put their glasses in a case. I did when I was travelling, switching between a plain pair of specs and a pair with adaptive darkening lenses... but upon losing the plain pair, I only take my glasses off to sleep, swim or shower.
For people with bad enough vision (such as myself) it's not an option, too much lens material would have to be removed.