Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko ngu-Eco Eyewear

Umdwebo Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko ngu-Eco Eyewear ungumnqobi ohlonishwa kakhulu womklomelo odumile we-2021 Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award Esigabeni Somncintiswano se-Umkhiqizo Oqhubekayo.

IgolideUmkhiqizo Oqhubekayo· 2021

Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko

ngu Eco Eyewear

Iklayenti: Eco Eyewear

Umnqobi we-Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award Esigabeni se-Umkhiqizo Oqhubekayo

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I-Eco Ocean iyiqoqo lezibuko lezinhlaka zamehlo nezelanga ezenziwe ngeplastiki yasolwandle esetshenziswe kabusha. Impahla ivela ezintanjeni ezindala, amanetha kanye nama-trawl aqoqwe olwandle yinhlangano yokuhlanza ulwandle. Imfucuza iyahlanzwa, isikwe futhi icutshungulwe ibe ngama-pellet, afakwa ngokujova enziwe izinhlaka ezilula neziguquguqukayo. Izinhlaka zinokuphothulwa okuthile okungacwebezeli, okumelana nemiklwebho ngemibala ekhuthazwe ulwandle, kanti ihinji elimise okwegagasi likhomba umsuka wempahla. Uhlaka ngalunye lunikezwa nekesi elenziwe ngendwangu ye-PET esetshenziswe kabusha.

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Mayelana ne-Umklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award

Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko iwinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile kakhulu okunikezwa imiklamo yeklasi yokuqala, emangalisayo nephawulekile. Abawinile beGolide yimiklamo emisha kakhulu, enombono ongaphambili futhi egqamile ebonisa ubuhlakani, ukuhlakanipha nobuchule babaklami babo. Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto entsha edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka isitayela futhi ebalulekile elethe inani elingakaze libonwe. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wegolide we-A' Design Award ungumgomo omangalisayo nohlonishwayo osiza kakhulu futhi osunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Eco Ocean Iqoqo Lezibuko idala imizwa ejulile yesifiso, ivuse intshiseko, ikhuthaze ukudala futhi iyasiheha.

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Izici Ezihlukile: Eco Ocean optical and sun frames are made from recycled ocean plastic waste, such as old ropes from the maritime industry. The idea behind the collection is to help clean the oceans while showing off plastic waste as a resource that can be used over and over again.
The collection consists of bold yet easy-to-wear frames. They are lightweight and super comfortable with a smooth, matte finish in ocean-inspired shades. A wave-shaped hinge hints at the story behind the frames without being too outspoken. Each frame comes in a case made from recycled PET fabric.
Izilinganiso Nokupakisha: Approximately 150 x 20 x 50 mm.
The recycled polypropylene makes the frames lightweight and flexible. The coating has a hard top layer, ensuring that the frames keep their good appearance and last for a long time.
The frames come in a case made from recycled PET fabric.
Amathegi: Glasses, eyewear, frames, sunglasses, Ocean plastic, Ocean clean-up, Sustainable, Recycled, optical, sun
Ubuchwepheshe Bokukhiqiza: To gather fishing nets, ropes, and trawls from the ocean, we teamed up with Waste Free Oceans, an NGO that works with local fishermen who collect the used plastic. These items then get checked, cleaned, cut, dried, and prepped. After that they get extruded into the plastic granules that in turn is injection molded into our Eco Ocean frames. We add a little bit of pigment and also a process stabilizer that ensures that the frames can be recycled again.
Inselele Yokudweba: The main challenge was to achieve a high-quality level of the material and a well-balanced colour palette without using virgin material. For the first tests, the material was much too soft to be durable enough as eyewear. The solution was to add a little bit of calcium to the material in order to increase hardness while maintaining high flexibility in the material. We also adjusted the design to allow for slightly thicker dimensions, which turned out to have aesthetic advantages as well.

The surface coating was initially too soft, prone to scratching, and generally too sensitive when inserting glass lenses. We tried several surface coating methods since Polypropylene is generally difficult to coat. It turned out that the material requires a much longer drying time than our regular Biobased material before coating. We ended up with a very good scratch-resistant matte finish.

In terms of colouring the material, the first tests included simply painting the frames after the injection molding. This did give a hard surface, but was not satisfactory as the paint may shave off after long-term use. Also, the paint contains toxic substances and decrease recyclability of the frames. Instead, pigment was added to the master batch before injection, and after many tests we had a good looking colour range
Ucwaningo: Research was initially conducted on possible reliable suppliers of the material, and we ultimately decided to use the material sourced by Waste Free Oceans, who conduct regular ocean clean-up missions.

Research was conducted on possible ways to manufacture the material in order to achieve the best possible material properties suited for eyewear frames. The ideal manufacturing process was to receive the material in pellet-form and injection mold it for good precision of shape. This also suited our existing know-how in eyewear manufacturing.

Our previous eyewear collections provided sufficient knowledge and good channels to find out whether consumers would be interested in this type of product.
Ugqozi: We wanted to turn the trend of littering the oceans by showing that plastic waste is a valuable resource to be re-used over and over. What better way to do that than to turn it into an everyday object used by many people? We believe that big change comes in the form of many small ones, and therefore our goal was to make the collection attractive to as many as possible, both through well-balanced aesthetics and comfort as well as a low price point.
Ubude Bephrojekthi: Project duration was approximately one year and was conducted in Stockholm, Sweden as well as in Wenzhou, China.
Ukuhamba Kokusebenza: The Eyewear collection will be sold mainly through optical stores all over the world. The collection will also retail in some selected clothing stores as well as online through our website, eco-eyewear.com.

The packaging for the frames is also made to tell the story of the frame origin of recycled ocean plastics.