Bridgeside 眼镜框 by Hongwei Li, Wu Chunsheng and Zhikai Li

Bridgeside 眼镜框 by Hongwei Li, Wu Chunsheng and Zhikai Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.

铁珠宝· 2022

Bridgeside 眼镜框

by Hongwei Li, Wu Chunsheng and Zhikai Li

Client: Xi'an Jiaotong University

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About Bridgeside 眼镜框

该设计由钛合金和树脂通过3D打印制成。隐藏在前框内的枢轴连接无螺丝铰链（正在申请专利）减少了装配关系，方便用户佩戴和保存，使产品独特而一体化。镜腿外侧和镜框前表面均采用放射状纹理设计，提高了镜框强度，使其具有辨识度美感。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Bridgeside 眼镜框是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Bridgeside 眼镜框将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Bridgeside 眼镜框因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This eyeglasses frame is made of titanium alloy and resin through 3D printing. The pivot-joint screwless hinge (patent pending) hidden in the front frame reduces the assembly relationship, which is convenient for users to wear and keep, and makes the product unique and integrated. The outer side of the temples and the front surface of the frame are designed with radial textures, which improves the strength of the frame and makes it have a recognizable aesthetic.
Dimensions & Packaging: Put forward new solutions for the design and manufacture of glasses frames under the background of competition of traditional craftsmanship being intensifying in China.
Explored the design technical route from the customized system to the surface treatment process.
Reduces the manufacturing cost, shortens the production process, and makes the brand more recognizable.
Tags: 3D Printing, Eyeglass Frame, Customized, Titanium Alloy, Metal 3D printing
Production Technology: Additive manufacturing enlarges the possibility of frame design. After abstracting the frames into multiple design parameters, the customization software can accurately transform the anthropometric data and aesthetic preferences of myopic users into a specific design of the frame. The color and materials of the frames and temples can be defined by users themselves and delivered to users in a short period of time through 3D printing technology.
Design Challenge: Our design needs to put forward new solutions for the design and manufacture of glasses frames under the background of competition of traditional craftsmanship being intensifying in China. So that the client can develop new markets and gain the trust of consumers. While the additive manufacturing technology has already had its application in the glasses frame industry, it seems that there are very few applications of titanium alloy metal 3D printing.
Research: The combination of DLP 3D printing technology and metal 3D printing applied to the design of customized frames solves current problems, like uncomfortable wearing and worse myopia due to traditional mass-manufactured frames that do not fit well with the users’ heads. The frame is made through DLP3D printing with high precision and easy maintenance. In contrast, the temples are manufactured by metal 3D printing. By doing so, it avoids the difficulty of using metal 3D printing in producing complicated and small pieces; meanwhile, it retains the characteristics of individual customization.
Inspiration: Anthropometric data and aesthetic preferences of myopic users into a specific design of the frame.
The color and materials of the frames and temples can be defined by users themselves and delivered to users in a short period of time through 3D printing technology.
The pivot-joint screwless hinge hidden in the front frame reduces the assembly relationship.
Project Duration: This design put forward new solutions for the design and manufacture of glasses frames under the background of competition of traditional craftsmanship being intensifying in China. So that the client can develop new markets and gain the trust of consumers. In this design, based on the unique metal additive manufacturing process, we explored the design technical route from the customized system to the surface treatment process. Compared with traditional process and design scheme, this design reduces the manufacturing cost, shortens the production process, and makes the brand more recognizable.
Operation Flow: The patented design of the pivot-joint screwless hinge hidden in the front frame reduces the assembly relationship. When the temples are abducted and rotated around the hidden hinge, it will be caused by the 90° bend on the temples, which is easy to wear. When the temples are retracted and rotated around the hidden screwless pivot-joint hinges, the frame can be easily folded. At the same time, the polished titanium alloy and engineering resin surface is resistant to high temperatures, scratches, strong and lightweight, while making the product integrated and unique.
Team Members: Li Hongwei
Wu Chunsheng
Li Zhikai
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Li Zhikai, Variations, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Li Zhikai, Variations, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Li Zhikai, Variations, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Li Zhikai, Variations, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Li Zhikai, Variations, 2021.