As one of the representatives of American popular culture, aviator sunglasses have a very high reference value for art design, and their successful brand image is deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone who yearns for freedom and loves ideals. Exploring the classic design of aviator sunglasses has become a major research topic in the domestic industrial design profession. Glasses brands are also striving to analyze the reasons for the enduring success of aviator sunglasses and the inherent connection between the classic design of aviator sunglasses and their brand culture.
The design history of aviator sunglasses
The design inspiration of aviator sunglasses comes from the special needs of the US Air Force in the 1920s. It was once a necessity for the military. Due to its unique shape and vivid image, it attracted people from all walks of life at that time. In the end, aviator sunglasses became a permanent cultural symbol that recorded that era.
Tracing back to the source, aviator sunglasses originated from military sunglasses designed by the American AO Optical Instrument Company for the US Air Force. During the World War, the military precision optical instruments produced by AO for the US Air Force were the main equipment for US military operations. The earliest prototype of aviator sunglasses was the air sunglasses worn by US Air Force pilots.
During the war, when the US military was in urgent need of sunglasses, the sunglasses designed by AO Optical Instruments Company were officially introduced into the US Army, Navy and Air Force in 1958 as US military equipment due to their good optical performance and high wearing comfort. They were especially loved by American pilots at that time. On July 16, 1969, American astronauts flew away from the earth wearing AO sunglasses, and the astronauts who landed on the moon also wore AO pilot sunglasses before leaving the lunar module. Since then, the pilot sunglasses designed by AO have been equipped with the US Air Force for more than 40 years and have been monopolizing the market of American pilot sunglasses until the 1980s.
Twenty-two processes for the production of traditional pilot sunglasses
The traditional production process is a carrier of history and culture, with distinctive national style and local characteristics. Traditional pilot sunglasses have sophisticated production technology and complete design process, and the fine work method is unique; secondly, as far as pilot sunglasses are concerned, they have the symbolic meaning of representing liberalism and heroism inside, and the pragmatic spirit of representing the simple style outside. Inheriting its essence and giving pilot sunglasses a new era of style and characteristics has a cross-era significance.
Nowadays, mechanized mass production is becoming more and more developed, and there are only a few craftsmen engaged in handmade production. There are more than 20 processes to make pilot sunglasses. A pair of traditional pilot sunglasses represents the popular culture of an era and has an indelible appeal. In this impetuous era, the retro style is blowing again, and pilot sunglasses have returned to people's lives. This is enough to illustrate the great significance of inheriting the classic product shape of the era. As a traditional manufacturing process, a popular culture of the era, and a classic product shape, we need to continue to inherit and innovate.
The traditional 22 production processes of pilot sunglasses are closely linked, so that pilot sunglasses not only have a cool appearance, but also have exquisite production technology, taking both internal and external considerations into consideration, and ingenuity, so that the design of pilot sunglasses can withstand the test and precipitation of many years of history.
The 22 processes specifically include: 1 sketch, 2 mold making, 3 fine carving, 4 sample selection, 5 drilling, 6 frame engraving, 7 welding, 8 grinding, 9 cotton wheel, 10 cloth wheel, 11 polishing, 12 oiling, 13 filtering, 14 sandblasting, 15 electroplating, 16 coloring, 17 furnace firing, 18 finished product, 19 engraving, 20 laser, 21 assembly, 22 packaging. This set of processes is precise and rigorous, making pilot sunglasses a world classic design, and the origin is passed down. The inheritance of the 22 manual craftsmanship of pilot sunglasses is a tribute to and dissemination of traditional manual craft culture, and also an innovation and development of product design.
Inheriting classic styling and promoting innovative design
Focusing on current design, there is no innovation without design. For industrial design, innovation is an eternal topic. Xiaomi Youpin's latest TS sunglasses pilot model integrates the ancient craftsmanship with modern design concepts in an innovative form, combining the beauty of the traditional pilot sunglasses with modern design concepts, and creating a new generation of pilot sunglasses with pure titanium frames. TS Sunglasses Pilot Style combines exquisite and practical pilot sunglasses design, combines new material technology and popular elements, starts from the two aspects of material and design, upgrades and improves the classic pilot sunglasses, and reproduces the great spirit of pilot sunglasses in pursuit of ideals.
Leading the public to love traditional crafts is the greatest support and respect for traditional craftsmen, and it is also an important way to protect and inherit the classic image of pilot sunglasses. By integrating traditional craftsmanship with modern fashion elements, traditional design is given a new rhythm and rhythm, so that more people can understand the connotation of pilot sunglasses design and the symbolic meaning it pursues. The birth of TS Sunglasses Pilot Style is to guard the art vein with a respectful heart, let classics and innovation coexist, and let the image and spirit of pilot sunglasses shine forever.
