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Bruges · Belgium · Since 2014

Hoet

Bruges optician family's 3D-printed titanium frames, made to order.

The story

The Hoet family has worked in optics since 1884, first as itinerant opticians and then from a shop in Bruges opened in 1945. Patrick Hoet spent decades designing for theo, and in 1997 he and his daughter Bieke set up their own design studio. The studio encountered 3D printing in 2010, inspired partly by dental implants, and spent about four years developing printed titanium frames with Belgian specialist Melotte. Hoet Couture was unveiled in late 2013 and became the HOET brand in 2014. 02 People Co-founder and designer Patrick Hoet 1997 Bruges optician who co-founded theo with Wim Somers and long served as its designer. In 1997 he set up the Hoet design studio with his daughter.

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Open honeycomb-like titanium lattice across the front

Made
Belgium: 3D-printed by Belgian metal-printing partners (Melotte in Zonhoven named since 2013; an EOS case study also cites Raytech in Bruges)
Owned by
Independent, Hoet family
Frames here
Catalogue coming
Stores listed
10
Official site
hoet.be

Where to try Hoet

10 listed stores.