Sustainability Sunglasses

Designed and prototyped for a sustainability project in the course How to Make Things, one of the Integrated Product Design classes.​

• Original sunglasses designed in Rhino, based on the current guidelines for sunglass frames

•  Created a 3D-printed mold as a guide for the silicone that would be cast to create the sunglasses

• Using the silicone mold, cast Smooth Cast 305, a type of acrylic

• For the sustainability portion, utilized chopped-up pieces of broken umbrellas inside of the sunglasses

• This made it sustainable as it found a new use for the umbrellas, and also reduced the amount of casting material that needed to be used 

• Hinges were pre-made and were incorporated into the design as a finishing component