Yoshinori Aoyama / YA 001 / Gold

Concept: AMBIVALENCE; eyewear embodying ambivalent values: Creation and Destruction, Future and Past, Harmony and Discord. 
The result is an exceptionally sophisticated, rounded frame, with an extremely light and soft aesthetic.  
When seen from above, it becomes apparent that the top bar operates independently from the frame, imparting a sculptural sense of motion to the glass.

Factory 900 and Maruman Optica joined together for a collaborative collection. 
The Japanese Maruman Optical was the first in the world to produce and launch in  1982 a collection of all-pure titanium frames. At that time, the main stream was the alloy glasses, and this debut with pure titanium frames "shocked" the eyewear industry for their lightness and manufacturing.
Factory 900, specialized in acetate glasses featuring three-dimensional silhouette just utilizing the volume of acetate material itself, joined with Maruman Optical for the release of the "Titanos", pure titanium frames, artistically and masterfully handcrafted, that put together the concept of lightweight of a pure material, and the three-dimensionality of the Factory 900 acetate frames.

ABOUT YOSHINORI AOYAMA
Born in Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, in 1972.
After working in sales at a local lacquerware manufacturer in Fukui, he joined Aoyama Optical, his family business, in 1999. After joining the company, he studied design at the design course SSID sponsored by Sabae City.
In 2001, he started designing Aoyama Optical's own brand FACTORY900. He has been involved in all aspects of running the brand.
In 2023, he started his own brand YOSHINORI AOYAMA.

 FEATURES: 

• pure titanium frame 
• brushed silver frame
• handcrafted by artisans in Japan

 MEASUREMENTS: frame total width: 129mm; lens diameter: 42mm; bridge width: 23mm; temples length: 145mm

Italy: 1 day; Europe: 2 days; World: 3/5 days