049 [ REVEALING ] Carbon and fibreglass are used in products where lightness and strength are determining factors; airplanes, formula 1 racing cars, motorcycles, boats, knee joints, surfboards, windmills and in the space travel industry. Ray and Charles Eames created their famous Fiberglass Chair in 1948 and Verner Panton used it for his Classic Chair in 1960. It’s a challenge to use these materials for eyewear because they can’t be bended or adjusted. Nevertheless designer Claus Bellinger and his team, fascinated by sportcars and innovative materials and techniques, found a way to do so and created a new line of masculine, light, strong and innovative eyewear called BLAC. All frames are handmade in Denmark in a machine factory. The production is complicated as it requires a very high standard of tools and three dimensional moulds. www.blac.dk
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