Find out more about the winners of the different editions of the Optical Design Contest, a springboard for the next generation and an opportunity for creativity in a committed design approach.
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.