Sustainable design

SILMO PARIS 2025 preview: The Spanish independent brand’s capsule eyewear collection celebrates design as art

NINA MÛR’s Luminiers pays tribute to two groundbreaking movements that transformed the 20th century: the radical boldness and geometric irreverence of the Memphis Group, and the structural purity and poetic functionality of Bauhaus.

These spectacular designs are conceived as small pieces of architecture for the face. There are three distinctive silhouettes in the collection – each one exploring new forms of aesthetic, technical, and emotional expression. “Like miniature lamps or graphic pieces”, the glasses have been designed to challenge the boundary between the utilitarian and the artistic. Above and below: the new model Klee in the Luminiers Collection – showing at Silmo this weekend

Each model has its own name, its own soul, and a visual story where colour combinations surprise and unexpected geometries challenge the perception of eyewear design. The expressive model Lina, with an oval structure as its base shape, is inspired by Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi, and blends structure and fluidity in a clean elegant silhouette. Model Ziggy, a vibrant hexagonal shape, plays with volume and colour from a rebellious and graphic perspective. Designed with square, poetic lines, model Klee evokes the lyrical abstraction of the artist, Paul Klee.

About NINA MÛR – NINA MÛR’s handmade small-batch eyewear collections use distinctive high-quality sustainable materials, transforming the glasses into objects of desire and contemplation—meant to be worn and displayed. Luminiers is the latest capsule by the brand, and will launch at SILMO Paris 2025. Presented not just as functional pieces but as emotion, identity and art,  Luminiers is a collection that celebrates the intersection between gaze and object, everyday use and one-of-a-kind wearable art.

Each frame is created in refined natural materials and the signature lightweight birch wood material that is so loved by the brand. This material is sustainable, as well as having numerous functional properties including, lightness, durability, and high flexibility. The material colours beautifully, opening up a creative world where natural tones and brightly coloured shades can be explored like paints in an artist’s palette. NINA MÛR eyewear is designed by Lorena Serrano, Founder and Creative Director. Find our more about the history of the brand at https://www.eyestylist.com/2022/09/eyestylist-silmo-exclusive-nina-mur/ and visit the brand website at www.ninamur.com.

The cables are used in their new collection called Cyklo

Vinylize is introducing its new Cyklo collection produced in a combination of their classic trademarked grooved vinyl material with the new upcycled brake cables used for the temples. This material is a composite that is hypoallergenic, flexible,  lightweight and durable.

Cycling is a much loved pastime dating back to the 1830s. According to Vinylize – the bike industry produces more than 26 million bicycles each year, and over 43 million metres of brake cable, making it an abundant material to upcycle with ease. Above: the new Vinylize Cyklo collection offers style and design originality – coloured vinyls are also a feature of this line

The collection offers three models, each available in four colours. Maintaining a link with music – a signature of the eyewear brand – these frames commemorate the hit song by Queen, “I Want To Ride My Bicycle”, originally composed in 1972 by Freddie Mercury.

Vinylize has been making frames from records since 2004 in their own factory in Budapest, Hungary. They are currently using more than three tons of records to produce their frames and accessories each year, products which because they are produced in vinyl are completely unique in the field of  eyewear. The brand is committed to vinyl recycling and also offers recycling services to music distributors and individuals looking to responsibly dispose of vinyl. For more information about Vinylize visit www.vinylize.com