Issey Miyake Eyes has launched UROKO, a pair of 3D printed sun shades which can be constructed round eight concave lenses, as a part of its males’s Spring Summer time 2026 assortment titled Dancing Texture.
Eschewing the normal flat lens, the eyewear divides its optical construction into 4 concave lenses per facet, organized in a sequence throughout every arm of the body. The design drew on ideas of the work of Shoji Kamoda, considered one of Japan’s most acknowledged and celebrated potters, whose ceramics are characterised by repetition and floor variation.
Every lens was lower with a concave inward curve moderately than a convex outward one, a structural selection that allowed the lenses to take a seat shut collectively inside the body. This strategy delivers a curvature that makes the lenses wearable, and in addition offers the glasses their sculptural aesthetic. The edges of the glasses fold in a standard method and have been printed in darkish grey and brown colours.
3D printing and hand-finishing for an genuine ceramic-style end
Following the printing course of, every body underwent a ending stage that left seen floor irregularities moderately than smoothing them away.
That deliberate imperfection instantly references Kamoda’s ceramics — in his work, no floor is uniform, and the UROKO body carries slight variations from piece to piece on account of the identical strategy. Up shut, the body floor carries a sheen per a glazed ceramic object.
The gathering follows on from the model’s GRIT assortment, launched in the direction of the tip of final yr, and which was 3D printed utilizing materials derived from plant-based oils.
That vary additionally had a intentionally uneven floor end that produced a grainy really feel, which the model introduced as “tactile sensations [that] create a pure bond between the fabric and the physique”.
