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Future of Optics: Frames of the future

Simon Jones dusts off his crystal ball to predict the future of eyewear

In Focus: Inspecs marches on

Andrew McClean finds out what Inspecs’ latest acquisition means for one of the ...

A-Z of Eyewear: YZ

The conclusion, with a little bit of artistic licence, of Optician’s monthly ...

A-Z of Eyewear: VWX

Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...

Lab Directory 2021: Getting your lens work done

Optician’s guide to the optical labs throughout the UK and Ireland, with a quck ...

A-Z of Eyewear: STU

Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...

Another dimension

Materialise and 3DNA tell Andrew McClean how 3D technologies provide opticians ...

Driving innovation with big data

Mike Hale examines how companies are leveraging big data to improve products ...

A-Z of eyewear: GHI

Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...

Looking at labs: Emergency dispensing

Mike Hale talks to several labs about what is available for practices offering ...

A-Z of eyewear: DEF

Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing ...

A-Z of eyewear: ABC

Optician’s A to Z of Eyewear is a monthly tour of eyewear terminology, focusing on the essential materials, shapes, componentry, iconic brands and some unusual stops in between

Looking at labs: Consistency and quality

Labs: Consistency and quality

Mike Hale visits Kennet Lahti Optical Glazing, one of only three glazing labs in the UK certified by Lindberg

Consolidation in the lens market has left just a handful of giants on the supply side of the business. Chris Bennett visited an independent lens company making its way by concentrating on the independent optician

How a city earned its spectacles

How a city earned spectacles

David Baker recounts the history of Oudenaarde and why spectacles sit above its crest

Ensuring compliance at Vision Lab

Ensuring compliance

Vision Lab is providing Riley safety eyewear through a range of innovative routes. Sean Rai-Roche reports

LAB directory 2019: Where the work gets done

LAB directory 2019

Optician presents our guide to the optical labs throughout the UK and Ireland, with each company given the opportunity to provide an insight into the services they provide

Looking at labs: Automatic for the people

Looking at labs

Modern lab production technology has undergone a revolution in recent years. Chris Bennett travelled to Wrexham to see how Hoya is hoping to gain an edge on its competitors

Tom Davies explains the production process

Inside the TD Tom Davies factory

Knowledge factory

TD Tom Davies has opened the doors to its factory to help its customers go beyond the brand and explore its inner workings. Simon Jones reports

Interview: Walter Hester, founder, Maui Jim

Interview: Walter Hester

Earlier this year sunglass maker Maui Jim announced plans for a prescription lab in Braunschweig, Germany, along with a range of optical frame styles. Chris Bennett caught up with Maui Jim’s owner, Walter Hester, at Mido in Milan

Executive bifocal creatively solves an artist’s problem

Creative bifocal solution

An innovative solution to an artist’s needs for clear close and distant vision in her studio provided a welcome dispensing challenge. Jonathan Shapiro reports