TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
Frame: japanese acetate w/
japanese titanium details
Temple: japanese titanium w/
threaded tube screw system
Size: 51 19 - 142 (lens - bridge - temple) Temple tip: japanese acetate w/ custom screws
Country of origin: Japan
It’s easy to see how the AKARI frame’s distinctive spirit builds directly upon the lessons of the master of modern Italian design, Gio Ponti. Ponti’s genius enriched so many fields, as the incredibly prolific renaissance man oversaw the creation of several of the twentieth-century’s most iconic furniture pieces, as well as fabrics and now-classic home items. But he’s perhaps best known today for one of the most important European skyscrapers: Milan’s Pirelli Tower. That impressive tower’s masculine, mid-cen- tury vibe and its elegant, tapered lines are cleanly echoed in the Akari silhou- ette, with the Akoni Eyewear team cel- ebrating Ponti’s important lessons on the importance of experimenting with framework and volume, in order to high- light the inherent strength and beauty of functional elements. Structural de- tails are celebrated in the Akari design, with the elevated and curved brow- bar commanding attention as it floats above bold acetate rims. And, just as Ponti did, Akoni’s designers rely on just the perfect touch of embellishment, pressing intriguing pressed lines into titanium surfaces, and enhancing the familiar Akoni temple, with the brand’s tactile knurling surface decoration.
FW24 (color refresh)