Presented at VANNI’s Turin showroom in partnership with Fuocherello Gallery, the Goggles collection reflects the brand’s ongoing dialogue between artistic experimentation and eyewear craftsmanship, where each frame becomes both a tool and a statement piece.

VANNI Eyewear Artissima:

Materiality, Function, and Form

The VANNI Goggles collection features three limited-edition acetate sunglasses in mineral green, iron red, and cobalt grey. Drawing inspiration from protective industrial eyewear, the design plays with volume, transparency, and the raw beauty of functional form. Every component is intentionally exposed, elevating utility into aesthetics of precision.

This structural honesty echoes Bizzarri’s conceptual approach, where eyewear becomes an extension of the artist’s craft. As he explains, “These glasses are meant to be used, just as they were made.” Each pair is hand-numbered and signed by the artist, underscoring its collectible nature.

A Continuing Dialogue Between Art and Eyewear

The Goggles capsule marks another milestone in VANNI’s commitment to contemporary art, initiated through the #artistroom prize, which each year grants an emerging artist the opportunity to reinterpret eyewear through their own creative lens. Previous winners include Cristian Chironi, Catalin Pislaru, Teresa Giannico, and Elisa Alberti, whose collaborations have produced some of VANNI’s most conceptually striking collections.

With “Goggles”, VANNI Eyewear and Nicola Bizzarri continue this legacy of merging the poetic and the practical, reaffirming that eyewear can be both object and artwork, a tangible expression of vision itself.