The prize is awarded each year by the International Opticians Association (IOA), in partnership with SILMO, to highlight the expertise and involvement of opticians in the industry.
Winner of the 2023 Edition

Hugo PLESSIS - TRIBI

ESDAC - Lille - France
Winner of the Optical Design Contest at SILMO Paris 2023

Nominees of the 2023 Optical Design Contest:

  • INFRAVISION - Romain Globeaux (LISAA): Revealing the invisible, redefining outdoor exploration
  • SIDE PARK - Émilie Chague & Adrien Gallois (Nantes Design School): Climbing with confidence
  • SYLANS EYEWEAR - Juliette Favre & Adrien Nabot (Lycée Léonard de Vinci): A new take on glacier glasses
  • VISION - Clément Kimpe (ESDAC): Improving playing comfort for volleyball players
  • SPORTVISOR - Tadj Belakhdar (ESDAC): GlassesXstreme, your new perspective on sport
  • ECHO GLASS - Éléa Michel & Jonathan Smith (ENSAAMA): Making sport easier for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • TRIBI - Hugo Plessis (ESDAC): Multifunction goggles for triathlon and biathlon
  • VIEWAVE - Orane Reynard & Florian Pillard (ENSAAMA): Finding your way around a pool without using your sight
  • RAYZOR - Adi Abramov (Shenkar College): Augmented reality goggles for football players
Winner of the Optical Design Contest at SILMO Paris 2022
Winner of the 2022 Edition

Adi ABRAMOV - UNFOLDABLE

Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art - Ramat Gan - Israël

Nominees of the 2022 Optical Design Contest:

  • SI / Look to the future - Alessandro Battaini (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti): a concept of interchangeable and versatile pre-assembled reading glasses.
  • KNOT / Inclusive Eyewear - Diego Sparta (Politecnico di Milano): a frame designed for disabled people.
  • OORA - Silvana Migliozzi (Politecnico di Milano): smart glasses for readers whose main application is to be able to annotate texts, save quotations, etc. at a glance.
  • SONDER - Sessa Martina (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti): sensor-equipped glasses to prevent headaches, reduce back problems and correct bad posture.
  • PERCY - Jocelyne Boisson (École supérieure de design des Landes): a highly streamlined water mask that questions the role of vision in being seen without necessarily seeing.
  • GOOGLESS - Vincenzo Panico (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti): a contemporary reinvention of the pince-nez and the monocle that plays with geometric shapes.
  • UNFOLDABLE - Adi Abramov (Shenkar College): recycled-material eyewear with a brutalist aesthetic, featuring streamlined X-shaped temples and hinges.