In June 2013 we relase our brand new summer collection including nine stunning frames, all of them staged by photographer André Rival.

ANDRE RIVAL-ANDRE RIVAL, his witty book of carefully thought-out and impish self-portraits alongside (celebrities ?) personalities, had an unforeseen effect. He became a known German personality himself, soon amassing TV-invitations galore. The book was hugely successful, and Andre being a creatively restless spirit decided to make a 360-degree turn.  Instead of focusing on the well known, he decided to take what he calls ‘accidental’ black & white pictures of himself

Boom. Here we go. Every major event deserves a countdown, right? We are at "0 days left" Because today our brand new website goes live. In terms of design we oriented ourself primarily on usability. Clear site structure, improved shop finder, and current press resources are just some of the new features. A clear designed "Eyewear" section now, for the first time ever, shows all of the available colors of each and every product.

Also the search for your favorite glasses is easier than ever through the various filters that we have added. In the "News" area you can now find exciting...

Ornamental hermits are professional hermits, who inhabited english landscape parks during the 18th and 19 Century.

They lived during a stipulated period in specially-designed hermitages and had to show up at certain daytimes in order to entertain the park owners and whose guests with their sight. The last known ornamental hermits in our country lived in 1766 in "Hinüberschen Garten" in Hanover and in 1795 in "Flottenbecker Garten" in Hamburg...

Play with passion and lose yourself in love. Do you take control or prefer to relinquish it? Whatever your answer – now the spotlight’s on you! What used to happen behind closed doors is now laid bare for all to see. The boundaries between the extremes start to blur or disappear completely. What desires does Taylor Swift’s seemingly prim and proper façade hide from view? Which of the fantasies in her video does Rihanna really act out in private? Pop culture teems with bondage aesthetics. Dominance and submission are no longer a dichotomy. Whatever you want has ceased to be a question of character – but rather depends on the situation...

The newly created inclination hinge enables you to change the angle of frames in a unique way, up to three degrees up- or downwards in order to fit temples perfectly to your ears. Models with inclination are currently: andreas, anouk, arthur, charmante, chasseral and solal, they will also be joined by sainte maxime, carlotta, julius and mike.‘

What makes a great idea even better? The answer is: Never stop innovating! Even with simple yet ingenious technologies like the ic! berlin screwless hinge system, there is always room for...

One Model, eight stunning colours. Italia meets Germany. Design meets ingenuity. After Ralph Anderl and Lapo Elkann met for the first time one thing was for sure:There had to be a collaboration between ic! berlin and Italia Independent. Two brands – one competitive area. ic! berlin’s bestseller “nameless 2012” got the distinguishing flock feature from Italia Independent. German engineering and Italian dolce vita.
 
The strictly limited edition models “Lapo Anderl” and “Ralph Elkann” are available in four colors...