3D-printed eyewear

3-D printed: Rolf is multi-award winner

2nd July 2025

Alongside two Red Dot awards, sustainable brand Rolf has been awarded the Green Product Award in 2025 for their 3-D printed frames.

In May 2025, Rolf Spectacles announced that they had won two Red Dot Awards, recognising Product Design and Sustainable Design, in their 3-D printed collection – Wire. These 3-D printed frames are minimal and refined in design, and have a number of particular features – from being completely screwless, the production process has been developed at Rolf so that CO₂ emissions have been minimised. The styling of the frames is recognised as modern, minimal and fresh – furthermore, the sustainable eyewear products are also produced locally in Austria using 100% green electricity. Above: the Rolf frame Rais won the Green Product Award 2025

Product Design Winner – Trik in the 3-D printed eyewear collection Wire – won a Red Dot Award

Adding to this success story in 2025, the company has announced that it also won the Green Product Award for 2025. This is an award that recognises particularly innovative, sustainable products. The winning product was the Rais in the Substance collection. The Rolf frame Rais is characterised by its unusual shape and sustainable production. The natural raw material is processed in powder form and fulfils all technical requirements. It is environmentally friendly, and also durable. Combined with Rolf’s patented Flexlock hinge, which enables a screwless construction, the result is a pair of glasses that are flexible and stable. The focus on local production and a shortened supply chain emphasise the brand’s commitment to environmentally conscious manufacturing.

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A sustainable focus in everything ‘Sustainability is not just a trend at Rolf, but a fundamental attitude’, the team said in their statement. In addition to environmentally friendly production, Rolf invested in the renovation of their production facility in 2023. This development will save more than 81 tonnes of CO₂ per year. The company has also focused on ergonomic workstations and sustainable office equipment for the benefit of employees. For more information about Rolf’s awards through the years, visit their website at www.rolf-spectacles.com

For more information about Rolf on www.eyestylist.com click on the link: https://www.eyestylist.com/2025/01/award-winning-natural-eyewear-brand-rolf-heads-to-munich/

Reviews

Götti Switzerland: 3D printed refined

27th August 2024

The new style Rogers in the Dimension collection – launched this month – is designed to combine the best qualities of 3D printed customised eyewear

Lightweight functional design with multiple practical qualities: Götti Switzerland’s Dimension collection continues to grow at pace, as the sophisticated finish and quality of its 3D printed collection – and the amazing possibilities of customising the fit – attract lots of fans who want their frames to feel good and wear well. The designs like model Rogers combine classic and modern style, characterised by a minimalist aesthetic and clean lines. The glasses can also be tailor-made, meaning that each individual is able to have the frame created just for them, according to their particular needs.

Above: close-up of model Rogers by Götti Switzerland – the frame has been inspired by vintage eyewear – the detailing and “bevelled” look is currently popular and gives the design a particular refinement

Rogers by Götti Switzerland – in a grey “ash” tone

Götti Switzerland’s Dimension collection was first launched in 2016. Wholly 3D printed, the collection is produced in Switzerland at the company HQ, and has been consistently refined and developed to offer a fine-quality state-of-the-art line that delivers top-notch comfort and durability as well as a cool pared-back subtly luxurious design style.

3D printed eyewear is increasingly popular, not only for its aesthetic qualities and comfort; it is also a sustainable form of eyewear production, thanks to the reduced waste in additive manufacturing and the opportunity to produce custom-made frames, avoiding over production and the problem of wasteful dead stock. For more information visit: www.gotti.ch

Creative spirits

3D printed eyewear: You Mawo’s Sebastian Zenetti

4th September 2019

Sebastian Zenetti is the Co-Founder of the award-winning 3d printed eyewear label, You Mawo. The brand is pioneering a new form of 3D printed made-to-measure eyewear, which uses an ipad to take a scan of the head.

For any one who doesn’t know You Mawo, how would you explain what you are doing in the context of luxury 3D printed eyewear? We have formed a team of experts from areas outside eyewear, from optics, IT, product development, design, and business/economics. Our focus is to find new technologies, to bring them to eyewear and generate something innovative with added value for the customer. Among other things, we use the latest and most innovative production technology.

Who was originally the brains behind the brand and how has the team grown since you first launched in 2016 in Germany? You Mawo was created by four founders. Stephan Grotz is head of IT development and has more than 20 years’ experince with data analytics and algorithmic parametrisation. Daniel Szabo is head of finance and and business development. Daniel Miko is head of Design and product development. I take care of our sales team and customer support. After 3 and a half years we have grown from 4 to 40. We are developing everything by ourselves and as much as possible through our team.

What exactly is different about a You Mawo 3d printed design? And what are the frames made of? We use a special kind of polyamide from the medical industry. This material is 30% lighter than acetate and much more durable. It has great thermal properties and is adjustable with heat. Our production technology is called selective laser sintering and it is the industrial version of 3D Printing. The frames are produced, layer by layer. The benefit of this technology is that we can produce individual frames quickly and easily, and we produce as good as no waste, which makes this method completely sustainable.

As well as the main collection, you have created some pretty wild one-off frames including a cool thick framed limited edition. Can you tell us about these. These are our ‘design lab’ frames: we wanted to be able to showcase the possibilities we have with 3D printing. Our first concept in this series is ‘Metamorphosis’. Model Malina was inspired by the first sunglasses on Earth, created in bone by the Inuit.

Aneto by You Mawo: 3D printed with bold colours and textures

How did you get into eyewear in the first place? – what is your previous career path and what attracted you to 3D printing? My family owns optical stores and I trained as an optician. Then I met Daniel Miko and Daniel Szabo. We realised instantly we had something in common: we are all very interested in new technologies. At some point on a backpacking trip to Southern Asia, we were talking about customization and we came up with a complete concept: You Mawo was born.

Can you give us a sneak peak of what is happening for you at the Silmo trade fair and what we can expect from the brand in 2020? This month we will launch four new models in our Design lab collection where our Designers and product development team can show what is possible with new technology. 2020 is extremely exciting for us too. We will launch new innovations including some new advanced software tools. We are hugely looking forward to the future and we can’t wait to reveal what else we are working on. For more information about You Mawo visit www.youmawo.com CN