Archive for the ‘Eyeglasses-Eco’ Category
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
Tree- huggers and avid recyclers and reusers will love this new paper eyewear from Papp Brille. Based in Germany and Launched in July of 2010, the Paper eyewear started out a a fun thing and has evolved into a fun business. Made from scrap paper and decorated with odd materials, ...
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
About 6 months again I was given this website to visit of a guy that made incredible eyewear. Unfortunately my mac could not open the site. Maybe it could be read on Explorer, but I couldn't open it. But it always bothers me when I miss out on unique one ...
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
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Many eyewear companies pronounce themselves eco-friendly. Using recycled plastic, reusing materials that would normally be thrown away and or using natural materials such as buffalo horn and wood, allow the eyewear manufacturer to label themselves as eco-friendly. All good things.
Some companies have taken ...
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Peter Boerger's idea for wooden eyewear was inspired about 10 years ago but really came to fruition fairly recently. Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Wooden Specs Studio is one of the growing handmade wooden eyewear companies in the US. Four styles are available with 4 different woods and several painting decor ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
A new eyewear company called Meteor Horn Eyewear is breaking into the custom buffalo horn eyewear biz. How it works, you send a picture to Meteor and they will draw 3 designs to fit your face, you will also need a PD (Pupillary Distance) and temple length for the best ...
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
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A new Eco Friendly Progressive Optical Lens has arrived on the market. Wear-Lite based in Switzerland has come out with a lens that uses less material and is a major reduction on carbon footprints.
From their site:
For more than 50 years spectacle lenses have ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
We have done quite a few posts on Eco Friendly Eyewear and Unitdot just came to our attention because of material use of bamboo an easily renewable resource. A fairly new company Unitdot (2008) is based in Hong Kong and from the look of the eyewear, I think they will ...
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