GLAS Optician
A compact, refined interior featuring bespoke designs from the FRAMA Permanent Collection.
In a new location off a bustling arcade, FRAMA transforms a small space into a room for Glas Optician that rethinks what a glasses shop has to offer. The rectangular space is precise in every sense of the word: each dimension is customized, including custom glass shelving with leather details, backlit cabinets, sliding and adjustable mirrors, and custom drawers.
We designed the small, thirty five square meter space in direct response to its scale: intentionally embracing the fact that in such close quarters, conversation is inevitable. This was part of the appeal for the owners of Glas as well: a space where visitors would have to talk to one another, and where interacting with their products would have more focus and discussion than in a larger space meant for browsing. They encourage private appointments to make the most of this designed attention.
Within the customizations designed by FRAMA specifically for the shop, custom shelving which included leather rests for the eyewear was a starting point. From there, shallow drawers added to their custom Shelf Library systems reference the drawers you might see in an archive for architectural plans—just deep enough to hold a row of glasses.
Sliding, adjustable mirrors within the shelving system were the final essential element: a practical and discretely interactive feature. A podium in the center of the space allows for further display. The machinery that allows the work to proceed on such a technical level is left exposed in the space—a design choice that speaks to the transparency and clarity at the core of the brand.
To light the compact interior, T-Lamp mirrors the technical aesthetic of the space. In more subtle gestures to balance the lab-like qualities of the custom design work, one wall of the interior is covered by wood, and an LED light in a wooden frame fills the small ceiling to warm the tone of the room. Cabinets are lit from behind to the same effect, and the warmth of the room gestures subtly through the semi-transparent storefront to anyone walking by.
