9 Kickstarter Sunglasses
You sometimes look at the most explosive projects on startup resources such as Indigougou or Kickstarter and you wonder. Well, how do some people manage to collect, for example, half a million bucks for the production of sunglasses? Nevertheless, it turns out. And they give money. And such projects - just heaps.
Conventionally, all startups in the production of sunglasses can be divided into two groups. The first, most grateful, is related to ecology and recycling. The second is technological. Lenses, materials and so on - emphasis on this.
Let's start with the first one.
Hemp Eyewear - pressed hemp glasses
The project raised almost 40 thousand pounds - about 70 thousand dollars. What is asked? On a design laced by the Oliver Peoples? For the most ordinary polarized lenses, though, for some reason, with an eco-friendly prefix? No! To the word Hemp on the bow, that's for sure. Because from pressed hemp, even with the addition of flax fiber, they do everything in the world long ago. But the glasses did not. So here you have points for 70 pounds.
STAVE - wooden glasses by your standards
It is not clear what a friend is counting on, but nonetheless. Here are glasses made from wooden jack Daniels whiskey barrels. Moreover, they will be made to your individual sizes. For only 525 Canadian dollars.
Three models are presented - exclusive exclusive, as it is written in the advertising text. Each exclusive - only 99 pieces. So if necessary, they are waiting for you. Two backers are already there. There will be three.
CHIEF EYEWEAR - glasses made from bamboo and recycled skateboards.
Well, where without the recycled skateboards, which are in Australia - and the project comes from there - more than a kangaroo.
Design in the classic Wayfarer style, polarized lenses with colors to choose from, UV 400 UV protection, no plastic and the price of Australian $ 70 at the funding stage. Like? You can order here .
Now let's go through the most-most technological points. As it turned out, there is also room for scientific and technological progress. Let's start with models for athletes.
Sealz- Sports Transformer Glasses
Another project from the Australian extreme. Sports glasses for almost any kind of sport - running, triathlon, surfing, sailing and even swimming. “How to swim?” You ask. “Yes, for swimming,” - the inventors of the prototype will answer you and press the buttons on the arms of the glasses.
A special tensioner system will tightly fix the glasses on the head, and soft silicone pads on the inside of the frame will prevent water from getting inside.
Glass, of course, everything is on the level - protection, polarization, and you won’t scratch it just like that. While asking for from 79 Australian dollars for this functionality, then
179 is expected in retail. ORION4Sight - the most popular points on Kickstarter
It would seem that glasses like sports glasses, the same Oakley has a lot of such. But no. With lenses, the situation here is very complicated and patented. The fact is that Orion Technology has been supplying glasses of this kind for two decades to the U.S. Army, all kinds of cats and hawks. And they decided to test the more simplified version without army bells and whistles on Kickstarter. The result is more than 300 thousand collected bucks and almost 3000 backers. How these magic lenses work, read here , and glasses cost only $ 190.
From sports glasses and unique lenses, let's move on to technological frames:
kolstom classic - carbon fiber glasses.
What just do not do from molded hydrocarbon fibers. Now here are the glasses.
Again, the design is in the style of classic Wayfarer, multilayer lenses with polarization and protective layers. But the coolest thing here is the rim. It is made of carbon with a characteristic wicker pattern. And everyone seems to be good, but, as they say in Gizmodo , something did not work out with the design, they are some big ones. And the head in them looks small and wooden. For your hard-earned $ 200.
JackHawk 9000 - glasses with titanium opener temples
Who says beer and high technology don't go hand in hand? That is a super successful project “ Jackets for drinkers ”, now here are the glasses.
In the sun, they practically do not heat up, do not break, the lenses are excellent. What else does? Only a bottle of cold, for complete happiness. Yes, and $ 90 per pair.
The lume- glasses made of titanium The
guys from the Commons Designs Group who presented their pair of glasses with arms made of aerospace titanium took the project more seriously.
Design in the style of the 70s, unique lenses with new polarization technology, very light and balanced. Plus, the original marking on the temples, as applied to an expensive Swiss watch, glowing in the dark. And for only $ 189. Well, if the clock is suitable.
And we will finish the review of the most promising, according to startups, projects for creating sunglasses - an absolute record holder.
Introducing Tens glasses that have grossed nearly 375 thousand pounds or almost 600 thousand US dollars on Indigogo.
So what? Subtle design, acetate frame. And suddenly such a budget. And the thing, as you understand, in the lenses. Only a warm spectrum of sunlight is transmitted, and the picture is obtained as on the good old Polaroid:
Cool? Debatable. But what’s really cool is how much money is collected in color pictures. Technologically, it is not difficult to choose a filter. But how do you know what exactly this is what the consumer wants? Only by placing the project on thematic sites.
And finally, the most useful project of all the projects. Flipcase folding eyeglass case . How much we lost them, how many frames we broke. But now that’s all.
Convenient thing: a rigid box in assembled form, flat - in disassembled. Put in a pocket or bag, does not take up much space. Yes, and fits almost all sizes of frames. $ 22 is a small investment, if the points are expensive, agree.
In general, as you see, with the original idea you can fill any, the most ordinary thing - the same sunglasses. And make yourself known to the whole world. Good luck.
