Workshopping gonio and foreign bodies
The 2018 Eye Institute Annual Conference once again kicked off with two very practical workshops, this year tackling foreign body removal and gonioscopy.
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Lesley Springall
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Design with Pascal Jaulent
Face à Face founder Pascal Jaulent, head designer of the Design Eyewear Group (DEG) describes himself as a conductor, working with DEG’s designers to ensure the quality and creativity of each of DEG’s brands, Face à Face, WOOW, Prodesign, InFace, Kilsgaard Eyewear and Nifities.
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Robot optical assistants?
Taking pride of place in Silmo Paris’ “Next” area this year was a cute robot - well the face design on the monitor was cute - from Paris-based artificial creature design company Spoon.ai. Business development manager Edouard Normand says one day robots with faces could replace information touch scre
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SILMO 2018: A kaleidoscope of colour, shapes and style
Silmo Paris certainly lived up to its new slogan, “so much more than a fair”. With 965 exhibitors, including 230 new ones plus the return of De Rigo and Menicon - the former so busy it was difficult to get an appointment – from 39 countries, showcasing 1,548 brands, Silmo can rightly call itself a w
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Silmo 2018: A plug for Sydney
The welcoming press conference at Silmo 2018 included a big plug for the Silmo enfants or kids, as director Eric Lenoir described them: Silmo Istanbul, Silmo Sydney and the youngest, Silmo Bangkok,
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SILMO 2018: All the fun of the fair
Given last year was Silmo’s spectacular 50th anniversary celebration at the Grand Palais, complete with stilt walkers and ballet, it was a wonderful surprise that this year’s Silmo D’Or Awards night celebration was equally spectacular and, possibly, even more fun. The venue for this year’s awards,
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SILMO 2018: Le Specs goes optical
After 40 years of making sunglasses, Sunshades is gearing up to launch Le Specs’ first optical range in January.
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NZAO restructures leadership
Dr Lesley Frederikson, the tireless supporter of Kiwi optometrists’ rights and advancements, has stepped down as the national director of the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO) as the role has become too large for one person to handle effectively on their own.
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Trial for new IOL
The first of a new generation of intraocular lenses (IOLs), which accommodate with the eye’s muscle movements, has been implanted in a patient by Auckland Eye as part of a multi-centre trial.
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Allergan: Beyond glaucoma
Personalised medicine, moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach, is a big thing in today’s British National Health Service and this can make a big difference for glaucoma patients, said Professor
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Jono: time for design
Australian eyewear designer Jono Hennessy Sceats, creator of popular Australasian brands, Jono Hennessy, Carter Bond and Zeffer, says the best thing about joining international Australasian eyewear distributor Sunshades is he can get back to doing what he loves best - design.
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Silmo Sydney 2018
The second Silmo Sydney was a quieter affair than its inaugural unveiling last year, with few of the major equipment and frames companies that were exhibiting the weekend prior, in Melbourne at its rival ODMA’s O-Show.
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