Every pair of glasses tells a story...
A story that has many different chapters and characters: our brands, creative teams, researchers, and prototype, production and development departments.All the collections made by Marcolin undergo a rigorous technical and quality control process to offer eyewear with a unique design and a perfect fit, while ensuring the highest quality standards. This process, which speaks of passion and excellence, turns an idea into a unique experience thanks to different areas of expertise, which are all essential to create a product that is admired and sought after worldwide.
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IDEAS
Creativity is the main character in this story: ideas are the starting point for the development of each and every new design. The Marcolin creative team and license brands have a common goal: to create cutting-edge products that anticipate the latest trends and always reinterpret them in an innovative way. We draw inspiration from the world of fashion, design and architecture and from anything that can unleash our creativity.
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DESIGN
The design phase is a key step in achieving a result that reflects each brand’s style and iconic elements. Also in this phase, the Marcolin creative team collaborates closely with the license brands. After having developed a variety of suggestions and proposals, we reach, together, a result that expresses manufacturing excellence and that, thanks to our inherent vocation for trends and their evolution, paves the way for the creation of prototypes.
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PROTOTYPES
At this stage, the work of highly specialised professionals follows the highest standards of precision and attention to detail. After the creation of an initial model design, technically referred to as a sketch, the process moves into the actual prototyping phase, during which the prototype development team produces a physical object for each new product. The outcome of this process is an initial collection of frames.
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MATERIALS AND COLORS
Many different materials are used in the collections based on customer requests and specific design needs and on whether a certain material can be used for a certain manufacturing technique that is required to make a frame. Every season, our designers work together with the license brands on fine metal, plastic and bio-based materials to identify the colors, color depth and combinations that best interpret the latest trends and anticipate the aesthetic of tomorrow.
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MANUFACTURING
To be manufactured, each pair of glasses goes through approximately sixty different processing stages, carried out by multiple production specialists.
High levels of technical expertise ensure that every single detail becomes a distinctive element of the finished eyewear.
Each area of the company is equipped with advanced technological systems, including high‑precision automatic and semi‑automatic machines, as well as machining centres for the milling of fronts, lenses and components.
To ensure that both the production cycle and the final products meet quality standards at every stage, Marcolin structures its manufacturing into three distinct processes: metal frames, acetate frames and finishing.
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FINISHING
The final stage in the production of each pair of glasses is finishing. Technical expertise works alongside high‑tech machinery to define the model’s details, through the addition of meticulous elements and the customisation of shapes and frames.
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ADJUSTMENT
In the last phase of the entire process, the fit is adjusted. All the components of the optical frames and sunglasses, from the surfaces to the lenses, are checked piece by piece and their key features are guaranteed, starting from their fit.
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YOUR EYEWEAR
Lastly, every single piece is arranged to be sold and placed in each brand’s specific packaging.
Your experience with your new eyewear begins now.
