PARIS—The 2024 edition of the Silmo d’Or Awards, chaired by fashion designer Alexis Mabille, recognized impactful design from the past year—as always, these recognitions included a number of independent designers. This year’s categories were: Children, Sport, Vision, Vision — Optical System, Material & Equipment, Optical Frame — Brands and Labels, Sunglasses — Brands & Labels, Technological Innovation in Eyewear, Technological Innovation in Eyewear — Connected Products, Optical Frame — Eyewear Designer, Sunglasses — Eyewear Designer and the Jury’s Special Award. 

Among the independents recognized this year were: Lafont with “Roudoudou” in the Children category; Pierre Eyewear with “Lady” in the Optical Frame – Eyewear Designer category; and Prodesign with “Censur” in the Sunglasses – Eyewear Designer category. Independent French brand Parasite Design was awarded the Jury’s Special Award for its “Morpha Alpha” frame. 

The full list of this year’s awardees is: 

Children: Lafont with “Roudoudou” 
Sport: Out Of with “Acuity” 
Vision: Transitions Optical with “Transitions Gen S” 
Vision — Optical System: Accesssolutions with “Voisee” 
Material & Equipment: Eyesoft with “Check Lenscape” and MicroUnit with “Lona 5” 
Optical Frame — Brands and Labels: Nina Ricci and De Rigo Vision with “SNR403 couleur 7G6”
Sunglasses — Brands and Labels: Zilli and Grosfilley France with “ZI65109 C01”
Technological Innovation in Eyewear: OOmade with “OOmade SAV 3D” 
Technological Innovation in Eyewear — Connected Products: EssilorLuxottica with “RayBan Meta with AI” 
Optical Frame — Eyewear Designer: Pierre Eyewear with “Lady” 
Sunglasses — Eyewear Designer: Prodesign with “Censur” 
Jury’s Special Award: Parasite Design with “Morpha Alpha” 

Descriptions of this year’s winning designs are available on Silmo’s website here.

(Clockwise from top left) Independents recognized this year included Lafont’s “Roudoudou”; Pierre Eyewear’s “Lady”; Prodesign’s “Censur”; and Parasite Design’s “Morpha Alpha.”