SILMO Optical Design Contest 2024
SILMO Paris, the world's leading trade fair for ophthalmic optics and eyewear, is pleased to announce the third edition of the Optical Design Competition. Since 1967, SILMO Paris has been a major event in the world of optics, encouraging young talents to imagine the future of the industry. The competition is open to students of legal age who are enrolled in their third, fourth or fifth year of design studies.
The SILMO Optical Design Contest 2024 offers space for individual or collective forms of expression. Participants can also collaborate with other students who meet the same age and level criteria to enrich the diversity of proposals. Projects must be submitted on the designated platform by June 15, 2024.
Evaluation and selection process
An international jury of designers, chaired by designer Olivier Jault, will evaluate the projects according to criteria such as innovation, creativity, functionality, social and environmental responsibility and feasibility of the project. The pre-selected projects will be announced in July 2024 and the winning projects will be developed in collaboration with SILMO's industrial partners.
Prices
In addition to the recognition that the success of the competition brings, the winner will receive prize money of 10,000 euros, which will be shared by the school and the student. The work can also be presented at SILMO Paris 2025.
This year's competition looks at the changing role of eyewear accessories and explores the potential for new functions and innovative applications. Under the direction of renowned designer Olivier Jault, the competition encourages students to rethink eyewear beyond its traditional function and integrate new features that meet the new needs of modern society.
Olivier Jault
Olivier Jault, a graduate of the ESAA Duperr© fashion school, is now an accessories designer, lecturer and exhibition curator and has worked for numerous fashion houses, including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Repetto and Saint Laurent.
