London-based eyewear brand Kite has teamed up with Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer to launch a service that takes 3D scans of customers' faces, then uses them to produce perfectly fitting frames. More
A collection of limited-edition sunglasses are the first product to be launched as part of a new fundraising platform that seeks to recycle plastic from the ocean into consumer products. More
Thin layers of carbon fibre are cut to create the wood-like effects on these sunglasses, by industrial designer Rodrigo Caula. More
Eyewear brand Retrosuperfuture has collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation to create a range of sunglasses that are printed with the late artist's illustrations of eyes and pupils. More
Spacon & X designed the interior for Ace & Tate's new glasses store in Copenhagen using geometric shapes and primary colours to evoke the experience of entering an artist's studio. More
Shenkar College graduate Tamar Canfi has designed a collection of purposefully unusual eyewear that emphasises rather than hides high-prescription lenses. More
Following a two-year hiatus, the Google Glass augmented-reality headset has made a comeback, and is being targeted exclusively at businesses. More
Highly personalised frames, glasses that block out screens and lenses that put a filter on the world are among the eyewear concepts proposed by contemporary Israeli designers for the Design Museum Holon. More
Inuit snow goggles, opera glasses disguised as ladies' handheld fans and experimental sunglass designs from the 1960s feature among a trove of historical eyewear that has gone on display at Design Museum Holon. More
Video sharing app Snapchat has made its first foray into hardware with a pair of glasses that allow users to wirelessly send clips without touching their phone. More
Structural engineer James O'Callaghan, whose firm Eckersley O'Callaghan is behind the glass stairs in Apple's stores, has designed a collection of men's eyewear for German brand Freigeist (+ slideshow). More
Graduate shows 2016: Rhode Island School of Design graduate Jacqueline Lung has bent, welded and sanded strips of stainless steel to form frames for a pair of sunglasses. More
Milan 2016: this eyewear collection by Crafting Plastics was created from test samples of new biodegradable plastics (+ slideshow). More
LA-based studio West of West has used white surfaces and plywood finishes in a new Garrett Leight eyewear store in San Francisco to reinforce the brand's Californian identity (+ slideshow). More
Japanese design studio Nendo has partnered with eyewear brand Megane-Ichiba to redesign one of its classic pairs of glasses, adding reverse C-shaped hinges. More
This Seattle optometry store by local firm Best Practice Architecture features mirrored surfaces and a steel-framed enclosure shaped like a house. More
Amsterdam-based Occult Studio has designed the flagship store for eyewear brand Ace & Tate – installing wooden panels with peg holes that allow displays and mirrors to be easily moved around (+ slideshow). More
News: Sony has announced that it will make its augmented reality eyewear prototype available for developers, following news that Google pulled sales of its own headset last month (+ movie). More
Dutch Design Week 2014: Eindhoven designer Piet Hein Eek has created a line of spectacles and sunglasses with frames made from two strips of titanium for Amsterdam brand More Eyewear. More
Music producer Will.i.am has taken his much-vaunted interest in design a step further by teaming up with George Gorrow, co-founder of fashion brand Ksubi, to create his own eyewear range (+ slideshow). More