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«The 7th edition of the International Design Eyewear Competition of Les Lunetiers du Jura was organized under the presidency of Marc Berthier. […] The finalist projects are prototyped by the Jura eyewear manufacturers. […] »
Intramuros, January 2009
«The is quite visionary. It gives young talented designers the opportunity to show new ideas and concepts to the eyewear industry. The young designers also bring new materials and new shapes. This input is necessary to the Jura eyewear manufacturers since it helps them to differentiate themselves on the French and international markets. »
Susie A. Ruff, jury member and team manager at the Danish Design Center, Design + Magazine – December 2008
«Every two years, is an opportunity to renew our vision on glasses and their various functions. This international competition is open to design students and it awards the originality, the functionality and the potential of the presented projects. »
L’Essentiel de l’Optique, December 2008
«Once again the International Design Eyewear Competition organized by Les Lunetiers du Jura shows the extraordinary multiplicity of styles attributed to an object we thought we knew well: glasses. This competition also proves, if it was necessary, the vitality of the industry in terms of design and creativity. »
L’Essentiel de l’Optique, December 2008
«Marc Berthier, chairman of the jury, noted […] how much he appreciated « that the students’ projects were prototyped. It is a real opportunity given by the companies to bring production and design face to face. »
L’Opticien Lunetier, October 2008
«This competition promotes the image of Les Lunetiers du Jura towards consumers, producers and opticians. It’s also a bridge between companies and design schools. »
Christian Receveur, President of Honnor of Lunetiers du Jura, Acuité – October, 3rd 2008
«Sometimes utopian, the presented projects aim at exploring unknown fields in the industry. »
Le Progrès, October, 1st 2008
«In the eyewear business now, as elsewhere, design is fashion and fashion is design. The entries to the Lunetiers du Jura, Jeunes créateurs à vous de voir (Young Designers Looking to the Future) competition merit careful scrutiny as they give the entire eyewear industry an opportunity to be injected with new energy and strength as it imagines tomorrow's innovations. »
Le Monde de l’Optique : Regards de mode Special edition Spring/Summer2007
« For Lunetiers du Jura, the future is reached only through quality and perpetual innovative research. Devoting meticulous attention to quality and the creative process, their policy of assisting young designers promises good times still to come for the industry, and that it can continue to supply customers with the convenience of well-designed and useful products. »
www.desineo.com, 09/01/2007
«The "Jeunes créateurs" design prize awarded by Lunetiers du Jura sets new creative trends. It reaffirms the profession's capacity for innovation.»
Editorial Bien Vu, Bruno Ursannaz, November 2006
«Due to the success of the competition and the increasing commitment of manufacturers who are members of Lunetiers du Jura, year by year, the competition has become a major event in the world of design and an essential part of the strategy of differentiation championed by eyewear manufacturers in Morez. »
Le Monde de l’Optique, October / November 2006
«The design competition encourages healthy rivalry between companies who are partners in the venture and acts as a motivating force for manufacturers. »
Guy Charlot, President of SILMO, L’Essentiel de l’Optique, January 2005
« When we create a product, we are offering a new look at the item, re-examining the relationship have with it. In this way, the International Design Competition initiated by Lunetiers du Jura provides the entire industry with a foretaste of the creative inspiration that will shape the eyewear of tomorrow. »
Le Monde l’Optique, October / November 2004
« The competition, which has been presided over by top level professionals such as Roger Talon, Jean-Pierre Vitrac or Matali Crasset, has not stopped expanding.»
Le Monde l’Optique, octobre / novembre 2004
« The importance of such a competition is reinforced by the […] eagerness of French eyewear manufacturers to assert their uniqueness by comparison with the competition from Asia, with the emphasis on a quality that is uniquely recognisable to them: their creativity. »
Le Monde l’Optique, October / November 2004
« Each week brings a batch of new competitions aimed at students in design colleges who can't get enough of them. […] Competitions are appreciated across the board by the schools. The one held by Gaz de France is “not to be missed". Other highly coveted prizes are those awarded by DuPont, Lunetiers du Jura and Coram. »
Designfax 17/02/2003
« By organising their international design competition, Lunetiers du Jura have placed at the disposal of these young designers all the excellence of their 150 years of expertise. An enriching partnership as designers and manufacturers combine their talents.»
Le Bien Public, December 2002
« Bearing in mind that today's sensation is tomorrow's standard, there is much to learn from such an encounter. »
L’Essentiel de l’Optique, November 2002
« Hugo Martin created a company to market a product created for the design competition organised by the Lunetiers Association. »
Le Progrès, 30/10/02
« Rarely has so much talent been in evidence, revealing that, far from being "dead", Jura eyewear can rediscover its youth, or at the very least, adopt a new «look ». »
L’Indépendant du Haut-Jura, 30/06/2000
« Jérôme Morillère is a young (26 years old) French designer. In 1998, he received a special prize in the "Jeunes créateurs à vous de voir" competition organised by Lunetiers du Jura. The same year, he began work for the Jura-based manufacturer Cottet with which he has collaborated ever since. »
L’Opticien Lunetier, December 1998
«The 1998 competition attracted an amazing amount of enthusiastic interest with a very high number of candidates with some widely varying entries.»
Inform’Optique, November 1998
«Considering the range of projects selected for this competition […], we cannot help being excited by so much passionate enthusiasm and inspiration. »
Le Pays Comtois, May /June 99
«Apart from quite simply bringing in new ideas, the competition acts as a catalyst, encouraging manufacturers to become involved with design and their designers. »
La Chronique du design, November / December 1997
« A design competition that inspires innovative projects. [This] event gives reason for optimism. [It] reveals a profession that is in a continual state of renewal, always seeking original formulae, spurred on by a dynamic clientele. »
Design fax, 22/09/97
