MYKITA News

The other day I visited the Swedish agent for MYKITA and had a look at the news. I especially fell in love with these ones below:


I’m a big fan of thin frames in crazy shapes and once again MYKITA succeeded designing the seasons coolest eyewear.

Other positive news is that all their new temples can be bent down behind the ears like this:

At the fair…Silmo 2011

At Silmo in Paris I met many cool people with cool glasses and I saw a few creative displays. Here’s a mix of the best!


Lidia, the cutest girl of Silmo wearing MYKITA Holly in Pale Blue and Gold!

Fun and crazy frame balanced out by a soft color works great together!


Philipp Haffmans, co-founder of MYKITA, in one of my favorite new metal frames from MYKITA!



Frederic at Oliver Peoples in Oliver Peoples NDG-1 sunglasses.


John Beyer in Cutler And Gross X Thomas Tait frame.


Mathias Bosson, Swedish rep for Baum Vision, trying on Leisure Society.


Mr. Handsome at Filao.

An amazing Italian 1952 Piaggio Vespa at RockOptika.

MYKITA Mylon

The frames are made of just powder. Wait now, what? POWDER? Yes, Powder.

MYKITA presented their new series of Mylon Frames at Silmo in Paris. Mylon is like nothing else you’ve seen or touched before!

The first Mylon collection was fun and experimental while this new collection is wearable, sporty and more useable.


Photo: MYKITA

The material Mylon is very special and the making of these frames is not like any other. The shape is drawn in 3D in a computer, a laser beam then prints on powder made of Nylon in layers after layers. Where the laser hits, the Nylon melts and hardens. This allowes MYKITA to experiment with the shapes and make really advanced frames! Afterwards the front and temples are lifted out and most of the remaining Nylon powder can be reused again. The parts are softened, colored and treated so that the surface feels alost like wood (very comfortable against the skin!) and the parts are put together with MYKITA’s special screwless hinges. The color won’t rub off and the material is super durable, it can’t break, but all Mylon frames can be adjusted.

This collection is a little bit more sporty, they fit very well around the head and they all come with Zeiss lenses in different colors. This is really a light and stylish sports sunframe that can be worn in the city as well! You can even put corrective lenses in most of the models!

There are seven different models, each of them come in three different colors.



Martin Güntert, Designer at MYKITA.