Morfo Eyewear

The poetry is in the material with -morfo

A mineral substance with extraordinary properties, silicon takes on unpredictable appearances and revolutionises the world of eyewear. The encounter of VANNI’s creative eyewear design with master artist of silicon Alessandro Ciffo gives birth to a breath-taking collection of women’s sunglasses. Their maximalist aesthetic is defined by a unique detail orig

inating not from a design but from a gesture, and for this inimitable and unrepeatable. It is the simple and utilitarian silicon that transforms into an element of surprise, giving the glasses a spirit that springs from the imagination, and yet is tactile like a living thing. The -morfo glasses are warm to the touch, pleasantly alive, visibly daring. A poetry recited in shape and colour. Ciffo finds the poetry of silicon in its versatility: starting from a serendipitous experiment at the end of the 90s, he enables the material to express its infinite possibilities without imposing his own meaning on it, allowing it to reach its full potential. The culmination of this technique is a collection of objects that dance with fluidity, their colours melting and blending, astonishingly glass-like in their semblance yet soft and silky. From this process spring vases, lamps, plates and cups, and even wildly-patterned couches. Today, the protagonist of Ciffo’s creativity finds a new stage on the rims of this women’s eyewear line realised exclusively in the artist’s atelier, in collaboration with the VANNI style center. The silicon detail utilises a refined interlocking construction to adorn the lenses of this collection, titled -morfo because it contains a multitude of appearances, and therefore worlds: a substance that continually renews its shape and plays with colour. The silicon rims and temple tips are each unique and unrepeatable, as each is handcrafted in Ciffo’s studio and joined with sophisticatedly gradated mirror lenses.