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There aren't many eyewear designers with a high profile but Richard Walker is quickly changing that state of affairs. Chris Bennett caught up with him over breakfast in New York

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It's a perfect setting for the eyewear designer who has shaped the Maui Jim look for the past three years. New York-based Walker divides his time between Japan, Italy, Hawaii and his home working on new design ideas and creating prototypes for Maui Jim's founder, Walter Hester.

Walker's role is very much at the centre of the whole design and manufacturing process for Maui Jim. He will first discuss ideas with Hester and Jennifer Williams, product development administrator, in broad outline before working on concepts for frame designs. It is at this point the outline for men's, women's sport and material mixes are decided.

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