(PRESS RELEASE) The critically-acclaimed Junior Collection from eyewear brand OVVO Optics has been awarded another accolade, as the recipient of a 2021 iF Design Award.
Already the winner of a Good Design Australia Award, and an IDA Award, the Junior Collection earned an iF Award in the Product Design category, which recognizes achievement in outstanding design, utility, and “relevance for everyday life.”
Established in 1954, the iF Product Design Awards are chosen by a jury of top artists, designers, and architects from around the world, and span multiple disciplines, with more than 5500 entries every year. OVVO joins a select group of winners in the Product Design category for 2021, including Apple, Samsung, and Google, along with leaders in avantgarde innovation like Rado, Bang & Olufsen, and Ferrari.
The awarded Junior Collection re-imagines OVVO’s signature stainless steel and titanium frames for small faces, with five pairs of glasses designed especially for kids and teens. The designs are spritely and colorful, offered in a host of fun frame colors, temple colors, and temple lengths. Each wearer has the ability to customize the frames to their liking, making this an incredibly complimentary collection. With five frame styles in three sizes each, along with customizable frame colors, temple colors, and temple lengths, customers can create their perfect pair from 945 combinations.
OVVO’s technical prowess is on full display as well: the frames are all hand-crafted from the same surgical steel and titanium composite once used for spacecraft engineering. Yet here, the material is reworked into a lightweight frame that’s comfortable and gentle on smaller faces. The composite is also remarkably resilient, helping the frames maintain their shape and integrity over time.
Another technical note: OVVO’s patented screwless hinge, seen on all its full-sized frames, has been redesigned to fit the smaller specs, without losing its flexibility or durability.
The five frames in OVVO’s Junior Collection are available in three sizes, for children ages 3 to 12. “We are proud to be awarded a 2021 iF Product Design Award for our Junior Collection,” says Margareta Augustyn, co-founder and marketing director of OVVO. “Our team is constantly inspired to evolve the possibilities of eyewear both in terms of artistic design and technological innovation, and as this collection proves, that inspiration extends to our youngest customers as well.”