Frame design: Meeting the challenge

While an obvious truism, the notion that children are the future certainly resonates with optical practices. The big spending fashion frame connoisseurs, the sports eyewear obsessives and the minimalist wearers of tomorrow are only going to come from one place. There is a potential lifelong customer at stake if you can get those formative years dispenses spot on. So here Optician speaks with frame designers about the challenges of designing eyewear for children and some of the lesser known nuances of children’s eyewear that can make a difference in practice.

Mike Hale: What are the specific design challenges associated with children’s eyewear?