IC! BERLIN PRESCRIPTION GLASSES

Twelve Hours Without Noticing Your Glasses: ic! berlin Prescription Frames

What defines the brand and why choose it

ic! berlin optical frames start from a premise different from almost any other brand in the luxury market: they do not aim to make the wearer feel they are wearing luxury glasses. They aim to make the wearer feel they are wearing no glasses at all. That is the difference between a brand whose central argument is aesthetics and a brand whose central argument is engineering.

When Ralph Anderl and co-founders developed the patented screwless hinge in 1996, they were not thinking about making the most beautiful glasses in the world. They were thinking about making the most perfect glasses from a functional standpoint: ones that never loosen, never need a spare screw, that can be dismantled with fingers when something goes wrong and reassembled in three seconds. That philosophy applies without exception to the optical collection. ic! berlin prescription glasses have the same patented hinge as the sunglasses, the same screwless construction, the same 0.5mm laser-cut cold-rolled stainless steel, the same weight that in most models does not exceed 20 grams. For someone who wears prescription glasses through a full working day — twelve, fourteen hours in front of screens, in meetings, travelling — weight is not a secondary technical detail. It is the difference between forgetting you are wearing glasses and remembering it every hour. The N.O.W. Titanium Collection takes this to its furthest expression: beta titanium from Japan, the lightest material with the highest mechanical resistance available in the eyewear market, combined with the screwless hinge.

Styles and uses

The Classic optical Collection is the broadest range: cold-rolled stainless steel from Germany in rectangular, square, round and slightly cat-eye formats, with 6mm temples in the optical design — more discreet than the 10mm of the sun collection — and a hinge adapted to optical scale with a more technically complex clip. Finishes range from black to silver with seasonal colours, with bicolour metal and acetate options. The N.O.W. Titanium optical Collection is the maximum-lightness proposal: beta titanium from Japan, high-tech surface treatments in natural titanium colours — dark grey, champagne, black — screwless hinge adapted to optical format. The right choice for high prescriptions where lenses add significant weight. The optical Injection Collection offers maximum robustness in a completely different material: a single piece of high-quality polyamide by specialised injection moulding, in a wide range of solid and bicolour finishes — for intensive-use environments where impact resistance and flexibility are priorities.

Technical details: optical hinge, compatibility and materials

The ic! berlin optical screwless hinge differs technically from the sun hinge in one important aspect: temples are narrower — 6mm versus the 10mm of the sun version — and the holding clip has greater geometric complexity to compensate for the reduced scale while maintaining the same resistance. Compatibility with premium progressive lenses validated across all optical collection models. The rectangular and square frame formats of the Classic Collection offer wide correction zones accommodating high-complexity progressives. The N.O.W. Titanium Collection includes slightly deeper frame models precisely for this purpose. Materials are the same as in the sun collection: cold-rolled stainless steel from Germany, beta titanium from Japan, organic cotton acetate, high-quality polyamide for the Injection Collection. Everything manufactured and recycled in Berlin.

Buying online at Visual-Click

Visual-Click is an authorised ic! berlin dealer and stocks the complete ic! berlin prescription glasses collection with official warranty and international shipping. Specialist guidance on model selection by prescription, facial morphology and intended use, with particular attention to high-correction progressive lens compatibility, certified laboratory assembly and delivery included.

The Berlin attitude in prescription eyewear

ic! berlin's prescription collection is worn by architects, scientists, musicians and political leaders — the brand's own description of its typical customer: anyone who sees and thinks with their own eyes. The screwless hinge means no more emergency visits to the optician because a hinge screw fell out. The weight means no more pressure marks on the nose at the end of a twelve-hour workday. The disassembly system means lenses can be replaced, cleaned thoroughly, and inspected without tools. These are practical advantages that compound over time — and they explain why ic! berlin customers tend to remain ic! berlin customers. The acetate combined models in the Classic optical Collection bring a chromatic dimension to the metal minimalism of the standard line, with coloured acetate fronts on stainless steel temples, for those who want the functional advantages of the screwless system with more visual character.

Explore the collection

The Classic optical Collection in German stainless steel, the N.O.W. Titanium Collection in Japanese beta titanium, the total robustness of the Injection Collection — ic! berlin prescription frames at Visual-Click are Berlin engineering applied to the object you wear most hours per day. Find your ic! berlin frame at Visual-Click.