New York, 1980s
New York, 1980s: A sunglasses collection inspired by the city of excess, energy, and intrigue. Twenty-five exclusive frames, each named after a hal...
[ Continue ]
Journal
Peripheral vision happens away from the centre of your gaze. Outside the ‘point of fixation’ as optometrists would have it. The fuzzy edges.
Discover how far these fuzzy edges stretch in The Spectacle. Interviews with curious folk, design and architecture that inspires and bespoke spectacle design.
A moment in Marylebone
Marylebone is a place where history intertwines with vibrant community spirit, a village within the city that feels timeless yet alive. On a recent...
[ Continue ]
A history of the navigator
You’d be forgiven for thinking that ‘the aviator’ (spectacles and sunglasses featuring sweeping teardrop lenses and a double bridge) was the defini...
[ Continue ]
Nothing new under the sun
The Inuit people, indigenous to the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska, have long faced some of the harshest environmental conditions ...
[ Continue ]
The Visionary Streak: Blindness and Literary History
Since the Ancient Greeks, poor eyesight has corresponded with visionary capability. The archetypal blind seer shows up again and again in mythology...
[ Continue ]
From Paris to Leeds
The Paris arcades came into being partway through the 19th century, following a boom in the textile trade and technological innovations in construc...
[ Continue ]
Donald Judd: Emotional Utilitarian
To coincide with our new collection, we’re celebrating history’s Emotional Utilitarians. Designer-makers who committed themselves to the very plain...
[ Continue ]
Isamu Noguchi: Emotional Utilitarian
To coincide with our new collection, we’re celebrating history’s emotional utilitarians. Designer-makers who committed themselves to the very plain...
[ Continue ]
Gerald Summers: Emotional Utilitarian
To coincide with our new collection, we’re celebrating history’s Emotional Utilitarians. Designer-makers who committed themselves to the very plain...
[ Continue ]
Eileen Gray: Emotional Utilitarian
To coincide with our new collection, we’re celebrating history’s Emotional Utilitarians. Designer-makers who committed themselves to the very plain...
[ Continue ]
Cubitts x Henry Moore Institute: Faces and Noses
For this edition of our conversation with Errin Hussey of the Henry Moore Institute we focus on our fascination with the human head and its legacy ...
[ Continue ]
Cubitts x Errin Hussey of the Henry Moore Institute: Spectacles in sculpture
For this edition of our conversation with Errin Hussey of the Henry Moore Institute we focus on the depiction of spectacles in sculpture and their ...
[ Continue ]
