Carbon Craft Tsom Iav by Nguyen Vu Duc is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Tsom Iav Competition Category.

HlauTsom Iav· 2025

Carbon Craft Tsom Iav

by Nguyen Vu Duc

Client: VOOC Design

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Tsom Iav Category

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The Design

About Carbon Craft Tsom Iav

Carbon Craft yog ib yam khoom uas ruaj khov heev thiab ntseeg tau. Lub tsom iav tus ncej raug tsim los ntawm kev siv 3D FDM luam ntawv ua ke nrog kev siv tes polish saum npoo. Tus qauv tsim no txais yuav style classic los ntawm kev tshem tawm tag nrho cov pob khawm thiab hlau ncej. Tsis siv ntsia hlau. Cov khoom sib txuas tuaj yeem muab sib sau ua ke thiab hloov tau yooj yim. Nws siv cov txheej txheem tsim duab tshwj xeeb los ntawm carbon technology, txhim kho cov khoom siv qauv ruaj khov thiab lub peev xwm nqa qhov hnyav.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Carbon Craft Tsom Iav yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Carbon Craft Tsom Iav xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Carbon Craft Tsom Iav tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: VOOC Carbon Craft is designed with a classic aesthetic, No screws are used, completely eliminating hinges and metal framing.
The components can be easily assembled and replaced.
By applying characteristic shaping techniques of carbon technology, it increases the formability and strength of the material.
The shape structure has high stability.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1. The frame: width 143 mm x depth 155 mm x height 49 mm weight: 29 g, material: Nylon Carbon
2. The hinge: width 10 mm x depth 19 mm x height 2 mm, material: TPU
3. The box: width 154 mm x depth 58 mm x height 60 mm, material: PETG Carbon
Tags: Simplicity, reliability, durability, lightweight
Production Technology: 1. Modeling in Rhinoceros 3D software.
2. The components are printed using FDM 3D printing technology. Carbon fibers are mixed with Nylon resin in various ratios to create the perfect material to replace metal frames, reducing weight. Properly programming the 3D printer enhances the material's strength and improves the surface quality of the print. The hinge part is printed from TPU material. The structure is created from multiple layers of stacked plastic fibers.
3. Surface smoothing is done by manual grinding and polishing techniques.
Design Challenge: Eliminating some types of machinery, reducing the variety of input materials, reducing CO2 emissions, reducing water pollution, and reducing costs for factory space. It can support customers remotely. The durability is beyond imagination; you can rest assured to fall asleep while reading, spend more time with your two-year-old daughter. Don't worry when accidentally bumping into a car door. When the force is too strong, the TPU hinge can absorb the impact.
Research: For conventional classic eyeglass frames: the Temples are shaped by an inner metal rod and connected to the Frame Front through metal hinges and screws. This structure is easily deformed when subjected to strong forces. Customers find it difficult to replace parts by themselves for repairs.
Following the global development of technology, 3D printing technology has become more popular at a lower cost. Carbon fibers are mixed with Nylon resin in various ratios to create the perfect material to replace metal frames, reducing weight and optimizing costs.
Inspiration: Starting from my habit of wearing glasses all the time: working, cycling, playing with my two-year-old daughter... I want to create a design that boasts superior durability, optimizes production costs, allows for easy replacement of parts, and maintains a fashionable look suitable for external activities.
Project Duration: The project started in Ho Chi Minh city after a visit to Sabae, Japan in the summer of 2024.
Operation Flow: The replacement joints are pre-installed in the cap. The replacement process is very simple: slide the temples perpendicularly out of the fixed mount on the frame front. Remove the TPU joint from the fixed mount on the temples. Replace with a new TPU joint in the fixed mount on the frame front. Finally, hook the entire mount on the temples and the TPU joint, adjust the TPU joint to slide into the pre-existing groove on the temple to complete the process.
Team Members: VOOC Design Team
Image Credits: VOOC Design