BiMi
Detachable eyewear
National University of Singapore (2017)
BiMi is detachable eyewear designed for users often facing the problem of breaking their eyewear accidentally. By using a strong magnet to joint the spectacle legs to the frame, reduce the breaking of spectacle legs when dropping, bending or sitting on your eyewear.
Project Brief
Product design: Eyewear design
Existing Problem
The hinges of spectacles are easy to break after long time usage, sometimes it is damage by accidents such as sitting on it or drop on the floor. It is costly to change the spectacles' frame frequently. Thus some users choose to tape the spectacles leg to the frame which usually left it an unaesthetic look.
Design Concept
To solve the issue of breaking spectacle legs at the hinge, we should change the standard way of joining the hinge by screws. Thus, the magnet is used to makes the hinge flexible and easy to detach and attach the legs and frame.
Prototyping
Different size of magnets is tested with 3d printed spectacles, to make sure the magnet is strong enough to hold the spectacle legs to the frame and could hold it in place when the user is wearing it.
Final Design
The final presentation of the concept including product and website design.