ic! berlin spectacles: screwless, sheet metal, made in Berlin
The company was founded in 1996. ic! berlin is a child of the new Berlin entrepreneurial revolution, a thriving creative metropolis fueling innovation and ideas. ic! berlin spectacles are screw-less eyewear. A professional team in the Produktion Haus in Berlin makes all the designs. Above all, the spectacles are 100% from Germany.
Today
ic! berlin spectacles are available for kids, women, men, and everyone in between. In addition, every ic! berlin spectacles features a one-of-a-kind patented screwless hinge system.
A unique feature of ic! berlin eyewear is the straight temple design. At the ends of the temples, there are rubber tips. These tips grip the sides of your head rather than curve behind your ears. Therefore, this special design has many people become great fans of ic! berlin. And the reason is very simple: the spectacles are far more comfortable and secure.
ic! berlin metal spectacles use an extremely flexible and lightweight 0.5mm spring stainless. They are tough as nails, yet soft enough to adjust by hand to achieve the perfect fit.
That flexibility is the point: the steel takes a bend by hand and holds it, so the temples can be set to grip evenly along the sides of the head.
ic! berlin glasses are handcrafted and super-sleek. The screwless sheet metal glasses combine great functional design with modern edgy urban fashion.
ic! berlin designs and produces screwless glasses. The sheet metal glasses are also exceptionally light, weighing between 11g and 28g.
Every ic! berlin frame comes from the same method: flat sheet steel cut and folded, then finished, with the temple locking into the front without a screw.
How the screwless hinge works
A conventional metal frame joins front to temple with a small screw, and a screw is a part that can work loose. ic! berlin’s patented hinge does without one: the temple slides into a slot cut in the sheet metal front and is held there by the spring in the steel itself. Nothing to tighten, nothing to drop on the floor.
The fronts are folded from flat sheet, which is why the frames stay so light — between 11g and 28g — and why 0.5mm spring stainless can be bent back into shape by hand rather than reheated or re-soldered.
The temples are straight rather than curved, ending in rubber tips that press gently against the sides of the head instead of hooking behind the ear. It is a different sensation to wear, and how firmly it holds depends on the width of your head and where the frame front sits, which is something you learn with the frame on your face rather than from a photograph.
More on the materials and the weight in this look at ic! berlin glasses: high-end, feather-light, original.