Launched last year, the Optical Design Contest is preparing a new opus with the same objective: to be a springboard for the next generation and stimulate creative innovation in eyewear through the eyes of students from design schools around the world. Based on the highest standards, this second edition is evolving with an unavoidable theme that will be in the news in 2023 and 2024: sport.

Chaired by Marie-Christine DORNER and made up of optics and design professionals, the jury met in mid-June to evaluate the projects received from the various design schools and select the most relevant.

They will have the honor of creating a prototype and unveiling it at SILMO Paris to determine the 2023 winner.

Discover the 9 selected projects below:

INFRAVISION: Unveiling the invisible, redefining outdoor exploration by Romain GLOBEAUX – LISAA

SIDE PARK: Climbing with confidence by Émilie CHAGUE & Adrien GALLOIS - Ecole Design de Nantes

SYLANS EYEWEAR: Ice cream glasses revisited by Juliette FAVRE & Adrien NABOT - Lycée Léonard de Vinci

VISION: Improving playing comfort for volleyball players by Clément KIMPE – ESDAC

SPORTVISOR: GlassesXstreme, a new perspective on sports by Tadj BELAKHDAR – ESDAC

ECHO GLASS: Making sports easier for the deaf and hard of hearing by Éléa MICHEL & Jonathan SMITH BRIERE DE L'ISLE – ENSAAMA

TRIBI: Multifunction goggles for triathlon & biathlon by Hugo PLESSIS- ESDAC

VIEWAVE: Finding your way around a pool without using your eyesight by Orane REYNARD & Florian PAILLARD – ENSAAMA

RAYZOR: Augmented reality goggles for soccer players by Adi ABRAMOV -Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art