Paul Frank,Paul Frank Eyewear,Paul Frank Sunglasses by The AgenC
Founded by Jonathan van Blerk, The Agenc is a marketing and distribution agency specialising in unique, high-end eyewear solutions selected from the finest ranges available anywhere in the world. Having worked in the industry from the early 90’s Jonathan noticed a niche in a market saturated with traditional ranges offering limited choices to eyewear users. In an attempt to fill this niche he focused on sourcing modern products that straddle the traditional while keeping up wuth emerging trends. Offering an expansive collection of beautiful, durable and comfortable pieces. The Agenc is a one-stop shop for all your eyewear needs.
Paul Frank
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Paul Frank Sunich (born August 29, 1967) is an artist and fashion designer. Frank’s creations adorn clothing, accessories, and many other products. Julius the Monkey is one of Frank’s best-known creations.
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[edit]Career
A few years later, Frank formed Paul Frank Industries in order to keep up with the demand for his products. He worked at another job during the day, but sewed and sold his products during his spare time. Paul Frank Industries are currently in Costa Mesa, California. The company’s stores are also popular, with domestic locations in Los Angeles, California, San Francisco, New York City, Dallas (now closed), Las Vegasand Chicago. International locations include: London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens, Seoul, Bangkok, and a group in Japan. Future locations include Doha, Qatar and Dubai, United Arab Emirates[1].
Besides co-branding and licensing affiliations with bands, Frank has collaborated with other artists and companies, including Mattel, Oscar Mayer, Elvis Presley, Andy Warhol, Wahoo’s Fish Taco, SHAG, John Deere, Nirve Bicycles, Obey Giant, ProKeds shoes, Mark Ryden,Thomas Campbell, Hello Kitty, and Lego.[2]
Frank often contributes fine art pieces to charity events and museum exhibitions.
[edit]Influences
In 1972, Frank attended Sun View Elementary School in Huntington Beach, California. The building was painted in bright colors—rusty orange, light blue and gold-yellow—and Frank acknowledges this influence on his subsequent work[citation needed]. He also says that he is inspired by industrial designers: “…[artists who] design schools, desks, chairs, office furniture, bicycles, cars, blenders, toasters from the ’40s through ’60s, stuff like public buildings.” Further, Frank says that much of his style has developed as a result of his love for music such as The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Velvet Underground[citation needed].
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ABOUT MYKITA
MYKITA is a young Berlin-based design team catering to the global demand for stylish, top-quality eyeglasses. The creative core comprises Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling, two of the eyewear world’s most innovative designers. In their capacity as co-founders and creators of a well-known German eyewear brand, the duo demonstrated their extraordinary innovatory skills and a precious knack for sophisticated and sensitive styling. Also involved in the global emergence of the hip designer eyewear brand wereDaniel Haffmans and Moritz Krueger, whose imaginative branding and distribution strategy ensured a successful basis for marketing the product range.
The four creative minds joined forces in 2004 to create MYKITA. The first fruits of their new venture, the *Collection No.1*, a collection of corrective spectacles has been on sale since October 2004. In October 2006 MYKITA introduced the *Collection No.2*, a luxurious eyewear collection made of the voluminous material acetate.
Since 2004 MYKITA has become an internationally operating company. MYKITA has retailers in about 20 countries, mostly opticians specialized in luxury- and design- eyewear, but also department stores like Barneys New York. MYKITA employs about 40 people in its Head Office in Berlin.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
The unique form vocabulary of Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling has made the designer duo a top name in the luxury eyewear world. Haffmans’ trademark style draws heavily on natural sources of inspiration. Gottschling takes his contouring cues from the latest developments in industrial design. His fascination for technical mechanics and the aerodynamic design of aircrafts and cars are the major inspiration for his creative work.
A peculiar feature in the design approach of Harald Gottschling and Philipp Haffmans is to search for elegance and beauty within technical solutions.
Both designers boast exceptional technical expertise fuelled by a visionary approach. Their vast experience in the world of design allows them to bring new concepts and designs to MYKITA and lays the groundwork for MYKITA’s worldwide success in the luxury eyewear market.
THE PRODUCT
*Collection No.1*
These glasses are made with best-quality stainless steel, just 0.5 mm thick, ensuring an ultra-light feel. The actual production of MYKITA eyewear sees every part of the frame cut out of sheet metal and folded into a lightweight but full-bodied format. Linking these is a remarkably elegant and intelligent screw-less hinge design that ensures total flexibility and allows complete adaptability to any feature, the adjustment of the inclination to perfectly custom fit the frames to the wearers’ facial proportions. This technical solution is also characterised by its aesthetic clarity and visibility, becoming a recognizable trademark for MYKITA.
To apply most of the colours featured in the collection, MYKITA chose aPVDfinish – a state-of-the-art vacuum-heat coating technique that guarantees a non-oxidizing and highly wear-resistant surface. The prescription frames of the *Collection No.1* are available in a choice of seven colours, the sunglasses in five colours. Each frame is handmade in the MYKITA workshop in Berlin.
*Collection No.2*
For quite some time, MYKITA´s designers Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling have planned to make a collection made of voluminous material. To realise this project, they chose acetate. Basically composed of cotton, wood, acetate and pigments, it is a natural material that has a long tradition in the eyewear industry. After 10 years of experience with sheet-metal concepts, that only allow the creation of voluminous forms to a certain degree, MYKITA`s acetate project opens a new horizon for the designers: Working 3 dimensionally, like a sculptor.
It has been very clear to Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling that they ultimately follow their design and construction principals. In various aspects, the *Collection No.2* is related to their initial concept. It features a „snap-hinge“, made of 0.8 mm flat sheet metal that relates to the construction principals applied in the first collection. In various aspects the concept is remarkably innovative. A major point is the use of the photomechanical etching-technology. The connection point between the hinge and the acetate frame, has been a challenge for the designers. Regarding classic hinge solutions on acetate frames, they never liked the fact, that as soon as the temples are folded in, a large gap between temple and front opens up. The *Collection No.2* offers an answer to this aesthetic problem.
The 6 prescription styles and 6 sunglasses are available in a choice of single opaque colours, no laminations. The colours are: black, brown, warm grey, cool grey, dark blue, olive,bordeaux, red, white.
Both collections feature a high standard of workmanship. They feature sophisticated design and a cutting-edge technical concept.
PROFILES
HARALD GOTTSCHLING – Design
Harald Gottschling was born in 1968 in Oldenburg, Germany. From 1986 he was trained as a mechanist in the metalworking industry. In 1989 Harald went back to college to obtain a degree in Design and moved to Berlin in 1992 to study Industrial Design at the University of Fine Arts (UDK). In 1997 Harald obtained his masters in Industrial Design. Whilst taking part in a design contest at the University Harald became interested in eyewear design.
Together with his fellow student Philipp Haffmans he developed a novel concept for an eyeglass hinge and subsequently founded ic!berlin with Philipp Haffmans and other associates in 1996. The extraordinary concept of the collection, which was presented for the first time in 1997, revolutionised the eyewear market. In 2003 he left ic!berlin. Together with Philipp Haffmans,Daniel Haffmans andMoritz Krüger he founded MYKITA in 2004.
Harald has a passion for aeroplanes and cars designed in the 1960’s.
PHILIPP HAFFMANS – Design
Philipp Haffmans was born in 1968 in Bonn, Germany. In his childhood he spent 3 years in Burkina Faso, West Africa. In 1990 he moved to Munich for an internship at the German Museum (Deutsches Museum) and began to study Industrial Design at the University of Fine Arts (UDK) in Berlin in 1992. While at University he went to Bilbao, Spain for one year and studied at the local Faculty of fine arts (UPV/EHU). In 2002 Philipp obtained his masters in Industrial Design.
In 1994 he came across the subject of eyewear design for the first time while taking part in a design competition. Together with his fellow student Harald Gottschling he developed a spring-hinge concept for optical frames and sunglasses. To introduce their new product to the market they founded ic!berlin in 1996. The design and concept of the initial collection, presented for the first time to an international audience in 1997, caused a sensation in the international eyewear market.
In 2003 he left ic!berlin and subsequently founded MYKITA in 2004, together with Harald Gottschling, his brother Daniel Haffmans and Moritz Krueger.
Philipp has the dream that one day he will travel around the world in a hydroplane. Until then he spends his spare time travelling, collecting old racing bikes and driving fancy sport cars.
DANIEL HAFFMANS – Manager
Born in Achern, Germany in 1971. He spent a period of his early childhood in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Following the completion of his A-Levels and Civil Service he began in 1991 his Masters in Architecture at the Technical University of Berlin (TU). From 1994 until 1995 he took up a scholarship at the Politecnico in Milan and completed his studies by obtaining his Masters in the year 2000.
On his return from Italy, Daniel, together with two fellow students, set up a multimedia agency called PANIMAGE, which is later renamed unit-berlin. The aim of unit-berlin was to develop integrated concepts for companies and then to implement them into a wide spectrum of media uses. Whilst working with unit-berlin he developed the whole corporate identity and communication strategy for ic! berlin and was also significantly involved with the implementation of these strategies. In January 2003 Daniel left unit-berlin to become a full-time member of staff, with his main client, ic! berlin. In August of the same year, he left ic! berlin and then in 2004 founded MYKITA, together with Harald Gottschling, his brother Phillip Haffmans and Moritz Krueger, where he acts as co-managing director.
Daniel is passionate about anything technical and is always up to date with the latest gadgets.
MORITZ KRUEGER – Manager
Born in Oldenburg, Germany in 1979. After finishing his Civil Service in the Berlin Zoologischer Garten shelter for homeless people Moritz began his studies in Media- and Political Science at the University of Potsdam. While studying he began to work for the eyewear company ic! berlin in July 2001. Starting as a student apprentice he then took up a new role as sales coordinator in October 2001, due to his convincing work ethic and personality.He then ended his studies to pursue a fulltime career and to concentrate on his work with ic! berlin. As well as his sales work he became involved with public relations work and was also responsible for the marketing of the company. In January 2003 he took over the role of sales manager. With his vision and his ability to assert himself he paved the way for ic! berlin to make their first steps into the world of fashion. Under his direction the company opened over twenty very important fashion accounts worldwide.
End of 2003 he left ic! berlin and in 2004 formed MYKITA together with Harald Gottschling, Phillip and Daniel Haffmans, where he acts as co-managing director.
Moritz’s dream is to one day own a football club.
MYKITA ACETATE
It’s a bold statement towards the essence of Mykita – the passion for continuous innovation.it was so exiting to receive it that we didn’t had time to let you know … sorry for that !
After one and a half years of research, we are proud to present a brand new snap hinge,” say Haffmans and Gottschling. “We managed to create a rotating axis by etching the material down to half of its thickness on both parts of the hinge. Regarding classic hinge solutions on acetate frames, we disliked the fact that as soon as the temples are folded in, a large gap between the temple and frame opens up. This collection offers an answer to this aesthetic problem.”
Seventeen The Opticians carry Mykita Sunglasses
Schuller Opticians carry Mykita Sunglasses
Rose Opticians in Exeter carry Mykita Sunglasses
Rose Opticians in Totness carry Mykita Sunglasses
Mykita Sophia with Photochromatic lenses from Mykita’s Metropolitan Collection
Michel Guillon Mykita window display in Chelsea, London
ABOUT MYKITA
MYKITA is a young Berlin-based design team catering to the global demand for stylish, top-quality eyeglasses. The creative core comprises Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling, two of the eyewear world’s most innovative designers. In their capacity as co-founders and creators of a well-known German eyewear brand, the duo demonstrated their extraordinary innovatory skills and a precious knack for sophisticated and sensitive styling. Also involved in the global emergence of the hip designer eyewear brand wereDaniel Haffmans and Moritz Krueger, whose imaginative branding and distribution strategy ensured a successful basis for marketing the product range.
The four creative minds joined forces in 2004 to create MYKITA. The first fruits of their new venture, the *Collection No.1*, a collection of corrective spectacles has been on sale since October 2004. In October 2006 MYKITA introduced the *Collection No.2*, a luxurious eyewear collection made of the voluminous material acetate.
Since 2004 MYKITA has become an internationally operating company. MYKITA has retailers in about 20 countries, mostly opticians specialized in luxury- and design- eyewear, but also department stores like Barneys New York. MYKITA employs about 40 people in its Head Office in Berlin.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
The unique form vocabulary of Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling has made the designer duo a top name in the luxury eyewear world. Haffmans’ trademark style draws heavily on natural sources of inspiration. Gottschling takes his contouring cues from the latest developments in industrial design. His fascination for technical mechanics and the aerodynamic design of aircrafts and cars are the major inspiration for his creative work.
A peculiar feature in the design approach of Harald Gottschling and Philipp Haffmans is to search for elegance and beauty within technical solutions.
Both designers boast exceptional technical expertise fuelled by a visionary approach. Their vast experience in the world of design allows them to bring new concepts and designs to MYKITA and lays the groundwork for MYKITA’s worldwide success in the luxury eyewear market.
THE PRODUCT
*Collection No.1*
These glasses are made with best-quality stainless steel, just 0.5 mm thick, ensuring an ultra-light feel. The actual production of MYKITA eyewear sees every part of the frame cut out of sheet metal and folded into a lightweight but full-bodied format. Linking these is a remarkably elegant and intelligent screw-less hinge design that ensures total flexibility and allows complete adaptability to any feature, the adjustment of the inclination to perfectly custom fit the frames to the wearers’ facial proportions. This technical solution is also characterised by its aesthetic clarity and visibility, becoming a recognizable trademark for MYKITA.
To apply most of the colours featured in the collection, MYKITA chose aPVDfinish – a state-of-the-art vacuum-heat coating technique that guarantees a non-oxidizing and highly wear-resistant surface. The prescription frames of the *Collection No.1* are available in a choice of seven colours, the sunglasses in five colours. Each frame is handmade in the MYKITA workshop in Berlin.
*Collection No.2*
For quite some time, MYKITA´s designers Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling have planned to make a collection made of voluminous material. To realise this project, they chose acetate. Basically composed of cotton, wood, acetate and pigments, it is a natural material that has a long tradition in the eyewear industry. After 10 years of experience with sheet-metal concepts, that only allow the creation of voluminous forms to a certain degree, MYKITA`s acetate project opens a new horizon for the designers: Working 3 dimensionally, like a sculptor.
It has been very clear to Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling that they ultimately follow their design and construction principals. In various aspects, the *Collection No.2* is related to their initial concept. It features a „snap-hinge“, made of 0.8 mm flat sheet metal that relates to the construction principals applied in the first collection. In various aspects the concept is remarkably innovative. A major point is the use of the photomechanical etching-technology. The connection point between the hinge and the acetate frame, has been a challenge for the designers. Regarding classic hinge solutions on acetate frames, they never liked the fact, that as soon as the temples are folded in, a large gap between temple and front opens up. The *Collection No.2* offers an answer to this aesthetic problem.
The 6 prescription styles and 6 sunglasses are available in a choice of single opaque colours, no laminations. The colours are: black, brown, warm grey, cool grey, dark blue, olive,bordeaux, red, white.
Both collections feature a high standard of workmanship. They feature sophisticated design and a cutting-edge technical concept.
PROFILES
HARALD GOTTSCHLING – Design
Harald Gottschling was born in 1968 in Oldenburg, Germany. From 1986 he was trained as a mechanist in the metalworking industry. In 1989 Harald went back to college to obtain a degree in Design and moved to Berlin in 1992 to study Industrial Design at the University of Fine Arts (UDK). In 1997 Harald obtained his masters in Industrial Design. Whilst taking part in a design contest at the University Harald became interested in eyewear design.
Together with his fellow student Philipp Haffmans he developed a novel concept for an eyeglass hinge and subsequently founded ic!berlin with Philipp Haffmans and other associates in 1996. The extraordinary concept of the collection, which was presented for the first time in 1997, revolutionised the eyewear market. In 2003 he left ic!berlin. Together with Philipp Haffmans,Daniel Haffmans andMoritz Krüger he founded MYKITA in 2004.
Harald has a passion for aeroplanes and cars designed in the 1960’s.
PHILIPP HAFFMANS – Design
Philipp Haffmans was born in 1968 in Bonn, Germany. In his childhood he spent 3 years in Burkina Faso, West Africa. In 1990 he moved to Munich for an internship at the German Museum (Deutsches Museum) and began to study Industrial Design at the University of Fine Arts (UDK) in Berlin in 1992. While at University he went to Bilbao, Spain for one year and studied at the local Faculty of fine arts (UPV/EHU). In 2002 Philipp obtained his masters in Industrial Design.
In 1994 he came across the subject of eyewear design for the first time while taking part in a design competition. Together with his fellow student Harald Gottschling he developed a spring-hinge concept for optical frames and sunglasses. To introduce their new product to the market they founded ic!berlin in 1996. The design and concept of the initial collection, presented for the first time to an international audience in 1997, caused a sensation in the international eyewear market.
In 2003 he left ic!berlin and subsequently founded MYKITA in 2004, together with Harald Gottschling, his brother Daniel Haffmans and Moritz Krueger.
Philipp has the dream that one day he will travel around the world in a hydroplane. Until then he spends his spare time travelling, collecting old racing bikes and driving fancy sport cars.
DANIEL HAFFMANS – Manager
Born in Achern, Germany in 1971. He spent a period of his early childhood in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Following the completion of his A-Levels and Civil Service he began in 1991 his Masters in Architecture at the Technical University of Berlin (TU). From 1994 until 1995 he took up a scholarship at the Politecnico in Milan and completed his studies by obtaining his Masters in the year 2000.
On his return from Italy, Daniel, together with two fellow students, set up a multimedia agency called PANIMAGE, which is later renamed unit-berlin. The aim of unit-berlin was to develop integrated concepts for companies and then to implement them into a wide spectrum of media uses. Whilst working with unit-berlin he developed the whole corporate identity and communication strategy for ic! berlin and was also significantly involved with the implementation of these strategies. In January 2003 Daniel left unit-berlin to become a full-time member of staff, with his main client, ic! berlin. In August of the same year, he left ic! berlin and then in 2004 founded MYKITA, together with Harald Gottschling, his brother Phillip Haffmans and Moritz Krueger, where he acts as co-managing director.
Daniel is passionate about anything technical and is always up to date with the latest gadgets.
MORITZ KRUEGER – Manager
Born in Oldenburg, Germany in 1979. After finishing his Civil Service in the Berlin Zoologischer Garten shelter for homeless people Moritz began his studies in Media- and Political Science at the University of Potsdam. While studying he began to work for the eyewear company ic! berlin in July 2001. Starting as a student apprentice he then took up a new role as sales coordinator in October 2001, due to his convincing work ethic and personality.He then ended his studies to pursue a fulltime career and to concentrate on his work with ic! berlin. As well as his sales work he became involved with public relations work and was also responsible for the marketing of the company. In January 2003 he took over the role of sales manager. With his vision and his ability to assert himself he paved the way for ic! berlin to make their first steps into the world of fashion. Under his direction the company opened over twenty very important fashion accounts worldwide.
End of 2003 he left ic! berlin and in 2004 formed MYKITA together with Harald Gottschling, Phillip and Daniel Haffmans, where he acts as co-managing director.
Moritz’s dream is to one day own a football club.
MYKITA ACETATE
It’s a bold statement towards the essence of Mykita – the passion for continuous innovation.it was so exiting to receive it that we didn’t had time to let you know … sorry for that !
After one and a half years of research, we are proud to present a brand new snap hinge,” say Haffmans and Gottschling. “We managed to create a rotating axis by etching the material down to half of its thickness on both parts of the hinge. Regarding classic hinge solutions on acetate frames, we disliked the fact that as soon as the temples are folded in, a large gap between the temple and frame opens up. This collection offers an answer to this aesthetic problem.”
Seventeen The Opticians carry Mykita Sunglasses
Schuller Opticians carry Mykita Sunglasses
Rose Opticians in Exeter carry Mykita Sunglasses
Rose Opticians in Totness carry Mykita Sunglasses
Mykita Sophia with Photochromatic lenses from Mykita’s Metropolitan Collection
Michel Guillon Mykita window display in Chelsea, London
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