O-SIX FOR ART
To launch O-Six, its new brand family addition, Thema decided to celebrate art and business with a contest open to emerging young artists from all over the world. With direct financial support from the Valmassoi family and a partnership with Global Arts Affairs, an international nonprofit organisation, “O-Six for Art” will hold its first edition at the prestigious and world renowned 2017 issue of La Biennale di Venezia, where the six winning works of this competition will be exhibited for a period of six months. Artists were asked to submit their pieces using O-Six spectacles frames as inspiration and the six winning pieces to be exhibited will be carefully evaluated for production potential. The aim of the project is not only to award the best artistic renditions and ideas of six O-Six spectacles, but also to identify opportunities to innovate in eyewear design while paving the way for young art talent into the industrial design and eyewear industries. Serving as a creative catalyst, the contest will provide blueprints for Thema’s development department to push aesthetic horizons and produce a limited amount of numbered models, feasible to manufacture while reflecting the energy and constrain-free artistic nature of the original artwork that inspired them.
A Shared Journey into Artistic Craftsmanship
DEBORAH BIANCHI - ITALY

Glass Spectacle Frames in The Shape of a Butterfly

Inspired by a life-long fascination with Tiffany-style lamps, Bianchi wanted to emphasize the unique personality and beauty of nature designs in glass fragments, this time using bee combs as a pattern, an infinity symbol in red and butterfly wings to decorate her spectacle frames.

ADRIANA CANAL - COLOMBIA

KNL

The frames showcase the artist’s notable leather work expertise while expressing individuality in a rational vs animal human nature theme intertwined and constantly pulling making great use of metal rivets to hold it all together.

OSCAR CONTRERAS ROJAS - MEXICO

The Flight

Using colors of earth and sky, the artist wanted to give the sense of freedom wearing the frames may provide as well as its relationship with flying, from a bird standpoint.

ANGELA SCARINGELLA - ITALY

Luden

In today’s hectic world, puzzles give a break to stimulate creativity. Inspired by the puzzle game of Tangram, the artist sought to recreate a frame that could remind us the importance of play time while protecting our eyes.

IWONA SOCZEWKA - POLAND

Whale Ring

The artist known as Soczewka (coincidentally the word for “lens” in Polish) wanted wood-inspired frames with personality. Her design included woodworms around the lenses, aged wood and coffee stains for a distinctive vintage feel.

WALTER STEFANI - ITALY

Wearing Architectures

The design combines materials normally found in modern construction and architecture: glass, steel and concrete? Tradition and innovation blends in a contemporary spectacle frame piece.